and New Zealand on 21 December 1989 in wide release. Five days after the Australasian release date, it opened in the United Kingdom on 26 December 1989. It was later announced that the film would be released in other European countries; it was released on 1 June 1990 in Finland and Sweden under the name Delinquents – Nuoret Kapinalliset. It opened in the Netherlands on 8 June.It was released on 15 June 1990 in Denmark under the name For ung til kærlighed. Then Portugal on 29 June. Its last release was in Germany. Despite having chosen an American lead actor and an American composer, with an eye to the American market, the film was never released in the United States, in part due to a problem with distribution. This led to the production company filing a lawsuit against Village Roadshow Pictures and the FFC. Reception David Stratton of Variety called the story "trite stuff" and felt that Schlatter was miscast and that "as for Minogue, the verdict still is out regarding a future acting career...but it's unfair to judge her on this material". DVD.net later gave the movie a mixed review, scoring it 5/10. On Scoopy.com, the reviewer complimented the film's cinematography, the period details and Minogue's lead role in the film. The Radio Times grades the film two stars out of five, calling it a "passable tale of teenage torment". Box office The Delinquents opened on 98 screens in Australia, grossing A$752,800 in its opening week. It went on to gross A$3,370,650 at the Australian box office and was the most successful Australian film of 1990 on Australian soil. In the United Kingdom it grossed £399,785 in its opening weekend from 207 screens and reached number one, grossing £1,072,110 in its first week. It was the 17th highest-grossing film of 1989 there. Home media The Delinquents was released as VHS worldwide in 1989 and released on DVD in 2005 in Australia only. The film was released internationally on digital platforms, including iTunes in 2016. Soundtrack The soundtrack album was released in Australia and New Zealand by Mushroom Records and in the UK by PWL Records. The soundtrack release consisted of old standards (one of them performed by Minogue and one by Johnny Diesel and the Injectors), as well as one track from the film's score. "Tears on My Pillow" was released as a single in November 1989, peaking at