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Released
1996 · FILM

Michael Collins

Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins fights to forge an independent Irish Free State while confronting betrayal and political rivals who brand him a traitor, risking his legacy and the nation's future.

“Ireland, 1916. His Dreams Inspired Hope. His Words Ignited Passion. His Courage Forged A Nation's Destiny.”

Directed by
Neil Jordan
Written by
Neil Jordan
Runtime
132 min
BiographyDramaHistory
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 J Patrick DuffnerShot by Chris MengesScored by Elliot GoldenthalDesigned by Anthony Pratt

Box Office

1996 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× 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

$16.9M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$16.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $11.1M — 66% of worldwide · International: $5.8M (34%)

Opening weekend: $182K — 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Peak 6 theaters

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