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Trainspotting

Trainspotting

Feb 23, 1996
94 min
DramaCrime
8.0/ 10
10,059 votes

Overview

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

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TMDB
8.0/10
10,059 votes
IMDB
8.1/10
758,254 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
83/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$4,000,000Production cost
Box Office$71,981,823Worldwide gross
Profit$67,981,823Profitable
ROI
+1699.5%Return on investment
US Box Office$16,491,080Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Choose life."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$71,981,823

Production Companies

Trainspotting CollectionFigment FilmsThe Noel Gay Motion Picture CompanyChannel Four FilmsDNA Films

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