This is England
This is England was released in 2006, produced by Shane Meadows. Shane Meadows is considered an 'Auteur' due to his distinctive style and focuses on certain issues, for example, This is England is a social realist film as it shows highlights to everyday conditions of the working class and the 'poor'.
According to IMDB, UK box office of £1.3M. It had a run of 4 weeks in British cinemas and peaked at 151 screens nationally.
Again, according to IMDB, US box office of $328k, which is todays exchange rate is £213k, which is significantly lower than that of the UK box office also, it had a longer run of weeks in cinemas in US, totalling to 15, as it needed to run for longer to make enough money. It peaked at 14 screens nationally which suggests it wasn't a success.
Other countries where it was a success include:
UK- £3.1M
France- $1.4M
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