United Kingdom Box Office for Blood Simple (4K Restoration) (1985)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $9,144Details
Worldwide Box Office $2,730,877Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$1,500,000
United Kingdom Releases: October 6th, 2017 (Wide), released as Blood Simple (4K Restoration)
Video Release: September 16th, 2008 by MGM Video
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 99 minutes
Keywords: Film Noir, Relationships Gone Wrong, Voiceover/Narration, Surprise Twist, Hitmen, Private Investigator
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, Spanish

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for August 30th, 2011

August 30th, 2011

Summer is officially over, both at the box office and on the home market. Granted, the theatrical releases are still really weak, but the TV on DVD releases are starting to become overwhelming. There are several such releases that are worth picking up, but none rise to the level of Pick of the Week. For that I went with The Coen Brothers Blu-ray Box Set. However, if you've made the leap to Blu-ray, then The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D Blu-ray Combo Pack is worth an honorable mention. Meanwhile, there's a film called Norwegian Ninja coming out on DVD that has cult classic written all over it. I really hope the screener arrives soon. More...

Featured Blu-ray review: Blood Simple

August 29th, 2011

Blood Simple was the Coen Brothers first film. It did well in limited release, considering its theater count never expanded beyond several dozen, and showed the Coens were filmmakers worth paying attention to. It's been more than 25 years since the film was released in theaters. Has it aged well? And is the Blu-ray worth picking up? More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2017/10/06 - $9,144   8 $1,143   $9,144 1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 6/27/1985 $0 0 1 1 $443 4/2/2021
North America 1/18/1985 $0 0 68 643 $1,690,913 5/2/2013
South Korea 10/17/2019 $12,531 30 30 55 $40,217 10/30/2019
United Kingdom 10/6/2017 $9,144 8 8 8 $9,144 10/11/2017
 
Rest of World $990,160
 
Worldwide Total$2,730,877 4/2/2021

Uncategorized

M. Emmet Walsh    Loren Visser
Holly Hunter    Helene Trend
Barry Sonnenfeld    Marty's vomiting
John Getz    Ray
Frances McDormand    Abby
Dan Hedaya    Julian Marty

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Joel Coen    Director
Ethan Coen    Producer
Joel Coen    Screenwriter
Ethan Coen    Screenwriter
Carter Burwell    Composer