United Kingdom Box Office for Breaking the Waves (1996)

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Breaking the Waves
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $2,784Details
Worldwide Box Office $4,072,128Details
Home Market Performance
North America Blu-ray Sales $478,381 Details
Total North America Video Sales $478,381
Further financial details...

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  5. Cast & Crew
  6. Trailer

Synopsis

In a small and religious coastal town, a simple, devoutly religious Scottish woman, Bess McNeill, finds a partner in an oil rig worker from Norway, Jan Nyman. However, the relationship grows strained when Nyman breaks his neck in a horrific work accident on the rig and becomes paralyzed. Unable to perform sexually and suffering mentally from the accident as well, Jan convinces Bess to have sex with other men, which she comes to believe is God’s work.

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Movie Details

United Kingdom Releases: August 4th, 2023 (Limited) (4K Restoration)
Video Release: April 15th, 2014 by Criterion
MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some violence
Running Time: 156 minutes
Keywords: Erotic Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: Denmark
Languages: English

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2023/08/04 - $2,784   7 $398   $2,784 1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
North America 11/13/1996 $0 0 78 1,167 $4,040,691
Russia (CIS) 2/19/2021 $282 7 7 9 $25,107 10/19/2022
Spain 7/1/2022 $0 0 3 10 $3,546 9/15/2022
United Kingdom 8/4/2023 $2,784 7 7 7 $2,784 8/9/2023
 
Worldwide Total$4,072,128 8/9/2023

Leading Cast

Emily Watson    Bess

Supporting Cast

Stellan Skarsgård    Jan
Katrin Cartlidge    Dodo
Jean-Marc Barr    Terry
Udo Kier    Man on the Trawler
Adrian Rawlins    Dr. Richardson
Jonathan Hackett    Minister
Sandra Voe    Bess' Mother
Mikkel Gaup    Pits
Roef Ragas    Pim
Phil McCall    Grandfather
Robert Robertson    Chairman
Desmond Reilly    Elder
Sarah Grudgeon    Sybilla
Finlay Welsh    Coroner
David Gallacher    Glasgow Doctor
Ray Jeffries    Man on Bus
Owen Kavanaugh    Man at Lighthouse
Bob Dogherty    Man on Boat
David Bateson    Young Sailor
Callum Cuthbertson    Radio Operator
Gavin Mitchell    Police Officer
Brian Smith    Police Officer
Iain Agnew    Praying Man
Charles Kearney    Praying Man
Steven Leach    Praying Man
Dortie Romer    Nurse
Anthony O'Donnell    Boy
John Wark    Boy
Ronnie McKellaig    Precenter

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Lars Von Trier    Director
Lars Von Trier    Screenwriter
Per Kirkeby    Chapter Sequences
Anders Refn    Editor
Per Streit    Sound Designer
Manon Rasmussen    Costume Designer
Karl Juliusson    Art Director
Joyce Nettles    Casting Director
Morten Arnfred    Assistant Director
Ray Williams    Executive Music Producer
Lars Jonsson    Executive Producer
Peter Aalbaek Jensen    Producer
Vibeke Windelov    Producer
Robby Müller    Cinematographer
Axel Helgeland    Co-Producer
Peter van Vogelpoel    Co-Producer
Rob Langestraat    Co-Producer
Marianne Slot    Co-Producer
Kristoffer Nyholm    Second Unit Director
Leif Mohlin    Unit Production Manager
Lene Nielsan    Unit Production Manager
Eric Kress    Second Unit Camera
Kristian Eidnes Anderson    Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Schultz    Sound Effects Editor
Hans Moller    Dialogue Editor
Jennifer Jorfald    Makeup
Sanne Gravfort    Makeup
Morten Jacobsen    Special Make-up Effects
Peter Asmussen    Screenwriter

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.