Young Adam
“Everyone has a past. Everyone has a secret.”
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Studio
Recorded Picture Company
Language
en
Status
Released
How Young Adam performed
Budget
$6.4M
Worldwide Gross
$2.5M
Gross Profit
−$3.9M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$360K
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.
Cast
Joe Taylor
Ewan McGregor
Joe Taylor
Ella Gault
Tilda Swinton
Ella Gault
Les Gault
Peter Mullan
Les Gault
Cathie Dimly
Emily Mortimer
Cathie Dimly
Jim Gault
Jack McElhone
Jim Gault
Gwen
Thérèse Bradley
Gwen
Daniel Gordon
Ewan Stewart
Daniel Gordon
Bill
Stuart McQuarrie
Bill
Connie
Pauline Turner
Connie
Bob M'bussi
Alan Cooke
Bob M'bussi
Sam
Rory McCann
Sam
Freight Supervisor
Ian Hanmore
Freight Supervisor
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