Synopsis
On Erin Island, an idyllic fishing village off the coast of Ireland, charming but somewhat work-shy Ciaran O’Shea, is tasked with greeting Lisa Nolan, a straight-laced young officer who has arrived from the mainland. Not that there is much for them to do, aside from dealing with the occasional drunk, and that’s usually O'Shea himself. But strange doings are afoot: the crew of a fishing boat disappears, whales start appearing dead on the shore, a local lobsterman catches a strange tentacled creature in his trap. Soon it becomes clear to O'Shea and Nolan that there’s something big out there, and that it’s hungry. It's time to rally the villagers, arm the troops…and head to the pub.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $5,300,000 |
| United Kingdom Releases: |
August 10th, 2012 (Wide) |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Running Time: |
94 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Life in a Small Town, Alien Invasion, Early / Simultaneous Video-on-Demand release, Buddy Cop, Addiction, Romance, Field Scientists, Academics, Horror Comedy |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Black Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Science Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Howard Films, Samson Films, High Treason Pictures |
| Production Countries: |
United Kingdom |
| Languages: |
English |
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2012/08/10 |
10 |
$40,258 |
|
58 |
$694 |
$40,258 |
1 |
| 2012/08/17 |
13 |
$26,549 |
-34% |
44 |
$603 |
$114,185 |
2 |
| 2012/08/24 |
21 |
$9,210 |
-65% |
18 |
$512 |
$151,161 |
3 |
| 2012/08/31 |
25 |
$3,514 |
-62% |
7 |
$502 |
$167,267 |
4 |
| 2012/09/07 |
31 |
$176 |
-95% |
2 |
$88 |
$169,637 |
5 |
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