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Released
2017 · FILM

You Were Never Really Here

A haunted ex‑operative turned vigilante must infiltrate a high‑end trafficking den to save a senator’s kidnapped daughter, battling ruthless patrons and his own violent past before the clock runs out.

Directed by
Lynne Ramsay, Scott Bowers
Written by
Lynne Ramsay, Jonathan Ames
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
89 min
CrimeDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

A traumatized veteran who is unafraid of violence makes a living by tracking down missing girls. When a job goes awry, his nightmares begin to consume him, and he uncovers a conspiracy that may lead to his death or his rebirth.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 225+ 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 BiniShot by Thomas TownendScored by Jonny GreenwoodDesigned by Blair BarnetteSound by Paul CotterellCostumes by Malgosia TurzanskaStunts by Chris ColomboVFX by Nicholas Bennett

Box Office

2017 · 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

$9.4M

Budget$17.0M
Worldwide gross$9.4M
break-even (2.5×)

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Also known as

  • A Beautiful Dayde
  • A Beautiful Dayfr
  • A Beautiful Day - You Were Never Really Hereit
  • (English)You Were Never Really Here
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceMay 27, 2017
  • NetherlandsSep 24, 2017
  • SpainSep 25, 2017
  • SwitzerlandSep 29, 2017

Companies

ProductionWhy Not Productions, Film4, British Film Institute (BFI) Production Board

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