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Released
1992 · FILM

The Crying Game

An IRA operative desperate to honor a promise tracks down his captive’s girlfriend in London, only to become entangled in a deadly chase by his former comrades while uncovering a shocking truth that threatens everything he believes.

“...play it at your own risk.”

Directed by
Neil Jordan
Written by
Neil Jordan
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
112 min
CrimeDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

Fergus, a member of the Irish Republican Army, develops an unexpected bond with Jody, a British soldier who has been kidnapped and is in his custody, despite warnings from his fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody persuades Fergus to promise that he will visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London. When Fergus later flees to the city, he keeps his promise and seeks her out. Pursued by his former IRA colleagues, he becomes increasingly drawn to the mysterious and surprising Dil.

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How many hands made this film

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 Kant PanShot by Ian WilsonScored by Anne DudleyDesigned by Jim Clay

Box Office

1992 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 17× 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

$62.5M

Budget$3.7M
Worldwide gross$62.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $101K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $196K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 6 theaters

Also known as

  • The Crying Game - Die Frau des Soldatende
  • La moglie del soldatoit

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