The Mercy
Based on the true story
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
- Director
- James Marsh
- Worldwide
- $5M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Mercy returned 0.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $18M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Feb 9, 2018
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United Kingdom
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