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The Butcher Boy

 1998
 110 minutes (1 hrs 50 mins)
The Butcher Boy
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Production Country

Ireland

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Neil Jordan

Starring

Eamonn Owens · Sean McGinley · Peter Gowen · Alan Boyle · Andrew Fullerton · Fiona Shaw

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
3rd April 1998
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release
20th February 1998
Ireland release date Ireland release
20th February 1998

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 20th Feb '98
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: £288.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 3rd Apr '98
  • Debut position: 20
  • Highest position: 20
  • Debut gross: $135.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

20 Feb, 1998
6
27 Feb, 1998
7
6 Mar, 1998
7
13 Mar, 1998
8
20 Mar, 1998
11
27 Mar, 1998
14

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

M/12

MA15+

15

12

13

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16

13

15

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1.3 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $135.6 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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News from around the web
Neil Jordan  Reverse Shot Sat, 3rd December 2022

The Butcher Boy movie review & film summary  Roger Ebert Mon, 30th October 2017

Jordan’s triumph: The Butcher Boy review (1997)  The Irish Times Thu, 9th August 2018

The Butcher Boy Review  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

Sinéad O'Connor was "perfect" for The Butcher Boy for this reason  The Digital Fix Thu, 27th July 2023

Patrick McCabe: ‘Even today you can walk into some Irish bars and be in a different dimension’  The Guardian Sun, 24th April 2022