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Released
2002 · FILM

The Magdalene Sisters

Three rebellious Irish teens are thrust into a brutal Magdalene asylum where they must cling to hope and each other while fighting a merciless system that seeks to erase their dignity.

“In a place that defied belief their only hope was each other.”

Directed by
Peter Mullan
Written by
Peter Mullan
Runtime
119 min
Drama

Synopsis

Three young Irish women face dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum, as they struggle to maintain their spirits.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

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 Colin MonieShot by Nigel WilloughbyScored by Craig ArmstrongDesigned by Mark Leese

Box Office

2002 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.2× 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

$21.1M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$21.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $307K — 1% of worldwide · International: $20.8M (99%)

Re-release box office

2003295 theaters
$6.7M($12.1M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Also known as

  • Die unbarmherzigen Schwesternde
  • Las hermanas de la Magdalenaes

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