MOVIE

Withnail & I

1987

107 minutes (1 hrs 47 mins)

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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Bruce Robinson

Starring

Richard E. Grant · Paul McGann · Richard Griffiths · Ralph Brown · Michael Elphick · Daragh O'Malley

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 19th June 1987

Australia release: 29th October 1987

Italy release: 1st November 1987

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 12th Feb '88
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 4
Debut gross: £310.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 25

US box office

Box Office debut: 2nd May '25
Debut position: 49
Highest position: 48
Debut gross: $3.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

12 Feb, 1988
4

19 Feb, 1988
6

26 Feb, 1988
8

4 Mar, 1988
9

11 Mar, 1988
13

18 Mar, 1988
13

1 Apr, 1988
15

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£701.6 Thousand

US total gross
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$27 Thousand

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

Total views:
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First viewed:
14th Apr 2026

Last viewed:
12th Jun 2026

News from around the web

Liam Withnail’s Long-Haul Flight Survival Guide festmag.com Sat, 28th February 2026

Withnail and I (1987) IMDb Fri, 5th June 2026

Liam Withnail: Big Strong Boy review – look back in laughter at misfit youth The Guardian Wed, 20th August 2025

The greatest years in the history of mankind are over! palatinate.org.uk Thu, 7th May 2026

Special 'Withnail and I' screening set to attract fans to Cumbria this summer News & Star Fri, 30th January 2026

One Anglophile’s Take on “Withnail and I.” Anglotopia.net Tue, 22nd July 2025