<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $23 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $46.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Eddie the Eagle is a 2016 biographical sports comedy - drama film directed by Dexter Fletcher . The film stars Taron Egerton as Eddie Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping since 1929 . Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Iris Berben and Jim Broadbent co-star . The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2016 . </P> <P> The film was released by 20th Century Fox in Canada and the U.S on 27 February 2016 and by Lionsgate in the UK on 28 March 2016 . In 2017 it was nominated for the Empire Award for Best British Film . </P>

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