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#5,291 All-time worldwide
#157 2006 releases

Movie profile

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006 · 127 min · Sixteen Films

Drama War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.9M
Budget $6.5M
Gross minus budget $16.4M
ROI 3.52x

Domestic gross

$11.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Wind That Shakes the Barley ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #5,291 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #157 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #1 Sixteen Films of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Sixteen Films movie set. Primary genre #2,095 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) earned a reported $22.9M worldwide against a reported $6.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $16.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.52x. In this database it currently ranks #5,291 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #157 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,900,000
Budget
$6,500,000
Gross minus budget
$16,400,000
ROI
3.52x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 23, 2006
Production
Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital
Countries
IE, GB, DE, IT, ES

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, The Wind That Shakes the Barley is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, War title from Sixteen Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.9M, reported production budget is $6.5M, gross-minus-budget is $16.4M, ROI is 3.52x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,291 all-time in the current chart set and #157 among 2006 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.