The Boxer
“Love is always worth fighting for.”
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Boxer performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$16.5M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Danny Flynn
Daniel Day-Lewis
Danny Flynn
Maggie Hamill
Emily Watson
Maggie Hamill
Joe Hamill
Brian Cox
Joe Hamill
Ike Weir
Ken Stott
Ike Weir
Harry
Gerard McSorley
Harry
Joe Hamill's Aide
David Hayman
Joe Hamill's Aide
Matt MaGuire
Kenneth Cranham
Matt MaGuire
Bride
Lorraine Pilkington
Bride
Groom
Niall Shanahan
Groom
Priest
John Wall
Priest
Betty
Maria McDermottroe
Betty
Patsy
Eleanor Methven
Patsy
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