- The film was written and directed by Richard Curtis and made by Working Title Films for Universal Studios.
- The producers for Working Title were Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Hilary Bevan Jones, with Curtis, Debra Hayward and Liza Chasin acting as executive producers.
- Principal photography started on 3 March and continued until June 2008.
- The film's production cost exceeded £30 million.
Distributed by United international pictures
Multiplatform release; cinema, dvd/bluray, TV (sky), HD (sky) and online (sky).
The film was released worldwide on 1 April 2009
After costing £30 million to produce, it only took £6.1 million in its first 12 weeks of release
The film was re-released in North America on 13 November 2009, retitled as Pirate Radio
This version of the film deleted approximately twenty minutes of footage from the original version
Piracy Continued during the 7 month delay on its arrival to the US.
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The Boat That Rocked
Production
Distribution
Released 1 April 2009.
Running time: 135 mins
Exhibition
Synergy
Working Title Films
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Use of Technology
WEB 2.0
In fact a cam version debuted on PIRATEBAY soon after theatrical release in mid August- eminently available to anyone around the world with an Internet connection.
Without this, North American box office sales would have been a lot higher.