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In the Name of the Father(1993)
Released
1993 · FILM

In the Name of the Father

A Belfast burglar wrongfully accused of terrorism in 1974 must prove his innocence as British authorities torture him and his friends into false confessions.

“In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.”

Directed by
Jim Sheridan, Catherine Dunne
Written by
Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
133 min
BiographyCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Gerry Conlon, a small-time thief from Belfast, is wrongfully convicted of involvement in an IRA bombing in London. He is sentenced alongside his father and several friends and spends 15 years in prison attempting to prove his innocence.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 513+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Gerry HamblingShot by Peter BiziouScored by Trevor JonesDesigned by Caroline AmiesSound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Joan BerginStunts by Bill Weston

Box Office

1993 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$65.8M

Budget$13.0M
Worldwide gross$65.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.1M — 38% of worldwide · International: $40.7M (62%)

Opening weekend: $110K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $255K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4 theaters

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Also known as

  • Im Namen des Vatersde
  • En el nombre del padrees
  • Au nom du pèrefr
  • Nel nome del padreit
  • (Bulgarian)В името на Отца
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • IrelandDec 12, 1993
  • United KingdomDec 13, 1993
  • United StatesDec 29, 1993
  • CanadaJan 21, 1994

Production & Distribution

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Hell's Kitchen FilmsUniversal Pictures

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