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My Left Foot
1989
103 minutes (1 hrs 43 mins)
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Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Jim Sheridan
Starring
Daniel Day-Lewis
· Brenda Fricker · Alison Whelan · Kirsten Sheridan · Declan Croghan · Eanna MacLiam
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
30th March 1990
Ireland release
24th February 1989
Canada release
4th September 1989
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
21st Jul '89
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 4
Debut gross: £295.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8
US box office
Box Office debut: 10th Nov '89
Debut position: 22
Highest position: 10
Debut gross: $41.2 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 5
Chart position history
UK box office
21 Jul,
1989
4
28 Jul,
1989
5
4 Aug,
1989
6
11 Aug,
1989
7
18 Aug,
1989
8
25 Aug,
1989
14
US box office
9 Mar,
1990
13
16 Mar,
1990
15
30 Mar,
1990
10
6 Apr,
1990
13
Global box office
Total grosses
UK total gross
£631.1 Thousand
US total gross
$11.5 Million
Global total gross
$0
25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
Remembering Christy Brown, the writer behind My Left Foot, 45 years after his death
IrishCentral
Mon, 7th September 2026
Brenda Fricker, ‘My Left Foot’ Oscar Winner, Dies at 81
Variety
Fri, 17th July 2026
Brenda Fricker, Oscar-Winning Actress in ‘My Left Foot,’ Dies at 81
The Hollywood Reporter
Fri, 17th July 2026
R.I.P. Brenda Fricker, actor in Home Alone 2 and My Left Foot Oscar winner
A.V. Club
Fri, 17th July 2026
Classic Film Review: An Oscar winner re-visited, “My Left Foot” (1989)
rogersmovienation.com
Thu, 12th January 2023
My Left Foot director backs calls for actors to stop 'cripping up' and would cast disabled actor in Daniel Day-Lewis' role if film was made today
Sky News
Sun, 20th June 2021