Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Steve (2025) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Cillian Murphy, Tracey Ullman, Jay Lycurgo, Little Simz, Douggie McMeekin, Youssef Kerkour DIRECTOR: Tim Mielants CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robrecht Heyvaert MUSIC: Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow PRODUCTION: Big Things Films

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Steve (2025). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

The project was announced for Netflix in February 2024 as being produced by Cillian Murphy's production company, Big Things Films, with his collaborator Alan Moloney also a producer. Tim Mielants directed, and Max Porter adapted his own novel Shy for the film. Murphy and Porter previously collaborated on the stage adaptation of Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and on the short film All of This Unreal Time. Porter gave Murphy a copy of Shy in a proof edition before it was completed and Murphy was quoted as saying "it just broke my heart. They're the sorts of things I love as a reader and as a performer". Jay Lycurgo also joined the cast.

Principal photography began on May 24, 2024, and wrapped on July 5 in the UK. Filming locations included Bath, Somerset.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 4 nominations total

Additional Recognition: The film received nominations for the British Independent Film Awards 2025, including best lead performance for Cillian Murphy and best supporting performance by Jay Lycurgo. In January 2026, the film was nominated at the Irish Film & Television Awards for best film, and best lead actor for Cillian Murphy. It was nominated for Outstanding British Film at the 79th British Academy Film Awards.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Damon Wise for Deadline writes that the film "breezes by at a surprisingly brisk pace" and "packs a lot of deep thought into a seemingly slight tale."