The Young Offenders has achieved the biggest box office opening for an Irish film this year.
The comedy film opened this weekend with a total of €202,000 raked in, including previews, with some cinemas yet to report.
The film follows two teenage boys from Cork that steal bikes and set off on a mission to find a missing bale of cocaine worth €7,000,000 euro.
The Young Offenders is based on the real-life seizure of €440 million worth of cocaine off the coast of Ireland in 2007.
The Irish hit has charted ahead of other new releases The Infiltrator (starring Bryan Cranston and Diane Kruger) and the horror sequel Blair Witch.
Released in Irish cinemas by Wildcard Distribution, The Young Offenders has landed second in the box office chart behind the blockbuster Bridget Jones’s Baby.
The film is the debut feature from writer and director Peter Foott and introduces new acting talent Chris Walley and Alex Murphy in the lead roles.
International audiences will get to see the film when it screens at Fantastic Fest in Texas this week and at the BFI London Film Festival next month.
Take a look at people’s reaction to the movie so far:
Just out of cinema in Blackpool #Cork where #YoungOffenders is set. Haven't laughed so much in a while. Well done y'all. Brill! @pjgallagher
— john creedon (@johncreedon) September 18, 2016
Stop whatever you're doing, go to the cinema and see #YoungOffenders Best film I've seen in a long time 😂😂😂
— Erin(Chasing Rubies) (@ChasingRubies2) September 17, 2016
If you
-are from #Cork
-wish you were from Cork
-are not from Cork
Go to see the film
#YoungOffenders
It's a good one!
(Doubt ya biys!)— Angela Buckley (@angelacork) September 17, 2016
