Touching the Void

Brendan Mackey

Nicholas Aaron

Joe Simpson

Simon Yates

Ollie Ryall

Full cast and crew

Salty Popcorn Stats

First viewed:
7th May 2016

Last viewed:
10th May 2025

Total views:
95

UK total gross
£1.5 Million

US total gross
$4.6 Million

Global total gross
$13.9 Million

Cinema Tickets Sold

UK tickets sold
335,455 aprox.

US tickets sold
761,791 aprox.

Global tickets sold
No data

Box Office Breakdown

UK Box Office

Released: 12th Dec '03
Debut position: 10
Highest position: 9
Debut gross: £115.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

US Box Office

Debut weekend: 23rd Jan '04
Debut position: 45
Highest position: 21
Debut gross: $97 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 19

Global Box Office

No global cinema data.

Directed by
	Kevin Macdonald

Starring
Brendan Mackey
Nicholas Aaron
Joe Simpson
Simon Yates
Ollie Ryall

Totals for each star

MUST WATCH

GOOD FILM

ITS OK

DULL

CRAP

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UK Box Office Info

Highest Place
9

Weeks top 15
7

Total weeks
8

Total UK Gross:

£1,489,421

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Touching the Void - Original release

12 Dec 2003

10N

£115,332

19 Dec 2003

9▲

£97,671

£305,585

26 Dec 2003

13▼

£63,110

£411,986

2 Jan 2004

13▲▼

£116,260

£619,011

9 Jan 2004

12▲

£113,456

£819,920

16 Jan 2004

13▼

£107,316

£1,002,715

6 Feb 2004

14▼

£85,693

£1,489,421

Rerelease

28 May 2021

33N

£512

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

North American Box Office Info

Highest Place
21

Weeks top 15
0

Total Weeks
19

Total US Gross:

$4,593,598

North American Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

23 Jan 2004

45N

$96,973

30 Jan 2004

47▼

$74,136

$205,513

6 Feb 2004

33▲

$179,901

$413,706

13 Feb 2004

29▲

$280,420

$765,048

20 Feb 2004

29▲▼

$375,511

$1,280,397

27 Feb 2004

31▼

$255,203

$1,649,706

5 Mar 2004

23▲

$370,666

$2,129,512

12 Mar 2004

21▲

$327,103

$2,597,916

19 Mar 2004

22▼

$236,747

$2,969,210

26 Mar 2004

25▼

$203,775

$3,301,420

2 Apr 2004

25▲▼

$163,808

$3,574,189

9 Apr 2004

33▼

$122,249

$3,769,883

16 Apr 2004

37▼

$105,582

$3,929,360

30 Apr 2004

47▼

$83,064

$4,228,248

7 May 2004

51▼

$62,245

$4,327,743

14 May 2004

60▼

$45,087

$4,409,298

21 May 2004

58▲

$47,439

$4,478,319

28 May 2004

48▲

$39,108

$4,540,954

4 Jun 2004

73▼

$17,093

$4,581,222

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

Global Box Office Chart History

No US box office info

* 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

Top Grossing Movie Chart Position

UK total gross
£1,489,421

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