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1996 | DIRECTED BY LARS VON TRIER

Breaking the Waves

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Movie Stats
Year
1996
Select Cast
Emily Watson
Stellan Skarsgård
Katrin Cartlidge
Jean-Marc Barr
Adrian Rawlins
Jonathan Hackett
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
18th Feb 2016
Last viewed:
1st Jul 2025
Total views:
58
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £733 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
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UK tickets sold
198,105 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 18th Oct '96
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: £417.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 5
US Box Office
  • Release: No US cinema release.
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
lars von trier Lars von Trier
Starring
Emily Watson
Stellan Skarsgård
Katrin Cartlidge
Jean-Marc Barr
Adrian Rawlins
Jonathan Hackett
Sandra Voe
Udo Kier
Mikkel Gaup
Roef Ragas
Phil McCall
Robert Robertson
Desmond Reilly
Sarah Gudgeon
Finlay Welsh
David Gallacher
Ray Jeffries
Owen Kavanagh
Bob Docherty
David Bateson
Callum Cuthbertson
Gavin Mitchell
Brian Smith
Iain Agnew
Charles Kearney
Steven Leach
Dorte Romer
Anthony J. O'Donnell
John Wark
Ronnie McKellaig
Peter Bensted
Simon Towler Jorfaid

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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
6
Weeks top 15
3
Total weeks
5
Total UK Gross:
£732,989
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Breaking the Waves - Original release
18 Oct 1996
6N
£417,456
£417,456
25 Oct 1996
11▼
£138,478
£618,249
1 Nov 1996
13▼
£81,957
£732,989
8 Nov 1996
16▼
£69,937
£707,828
4K Restoration
4 Aug 2023
32N
£2,179
£2,179

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Chart History
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* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
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* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
No global box office info
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UK total gross
£732,989
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Breaking the Waves
4376
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Genres
Drama
Drama
Romance
Romance
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News from around the web
Breaking the Waves (1996) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama  IMDb Wed, 25th February 2015

Breaking the Waves review – Emily Watson adds brilliance to von Trier’s windup of a movie  The Guardian Fri, 4th August 2023

It's 'Breaking the Waves'-palooza as both the film and opera come to Houston  Houston Chronicle Thu, 3rd April 2025

Breaking the Waves  Rotten Tomatoes Mon, 4th April 2016

Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves  The Criterion Collection Fri, 18th April 2014

Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Breaking the Waves’ makes its Houston debut  Houston Public Media Fri, 25th April 2025