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Boys Don't Cry
2000
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Directed by
Kimberly Peirce
Starring
Hilary Swank
· Chlo Sevigny ·
Peter Sarsgaard
· Brendan Sexton III · Alicia GoransonAlison Folland
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Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
21st Apr '00
Debut position: 13
Highest position: 13
Debut gross: £79.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 2
US box office
Box Office debut: 8th Oct '99
Debut position: 43
Highest position: 24
Debut gross: $73.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6
Chart position history
UK box office
21 Apr,
2000
13
28 Apr,
2000
14
US box office
Global box office
Total grosses
UK total gross
£386.8 Thousand
US total gross
$1.5 Million
Global total gross
$0
25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
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Fri, 23rd October 2026
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Tue, 20th October 2026
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The Guardian
Wed, 23rd October 2019
Boys Don’t Cry (1999): A Landmark of Queer Cinema With an Uneasy Legacy
The Indiependent
Mon, 9th June 2025
Boys Don't Cry | Audience Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes
Tue, 9th December 2025
Hilary Swank Reflects on ‘Boys Don’t Cry’: “It’s Such an Important Story for People to Know”
The Hollywood Reporter
Fri, 25th October 2019