 The BBC1's Film 2011 included Brendan Mackey's performance as Joe Simpson in their "Top Five Actors" who "Should Have Won an Oscar", along with Ingrid Bergman (for "Casablanca"), Anthony Perkins (for "Psycho"), Ralph Fiennes (for "Schindler's List") and Jeff Bridges (for "The Big Lebowski").The film was released in theaters on 23 January 2004 and grossed $96,973 in the opening weekend.It went on to gross $4,593,598 in America and $9,292,204 from foreign markets for a worldwide total of $13,885,802 after 20 weeks.