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Released
2011 · FILM

Shame

A sex addict's carefully controlled life begins to unravel when his emotionally charged past resurfaces with the arrival of his younger sister.

Directed by
Steve Mcqueen, Steve Mcqueen Nm2588606
Written by
Steve Mcqueen, Abi Morgan
Rated
MPA · NC-17
Runtime
101 min
Drama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, avoids intimacy with women and satisfies his deepest desires through a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, it stirs up bitter memories of their shared painful past.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 204+ 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 Joe WalkerShot by Sean BobbittScored by Harry EscottDesigned by Judy BeckerSound by Niv Adiri Nm1866364Costumes by Alex BovairdStunts by Roy FarfelVFX by Sean Farrow

Box Office

2011 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$3.9M

Budget$6.5M
Worldwide gross$3.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $498K

Peak 10 theaters

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Also known as

  • Shamede
  • (English)Shame
  • (Bulgarian)Срам
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalySep 4, 2011
  • CanadaSep 11, 2011
  • SpainSep 17, 2011
  • SwitzerlandOct 2, 2011

Companies

ProductionSee-Saw Films, Film4, UK Film Council

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