<P> The film's British box office revenues in its first 12 weeks of release were £ 6.1 million, less than a quarter of its production cost . </P> <P> In USA, the film earned less than US $3 million in its first weekend (in a mid-scale release of 882 screens as opposed to 3,404 screens for 2012 and 3,683 screens for A Christmas Carol) and suffered a 49.7% drop - off on its second weekend--earning only US $1.46 million . Pirate Radio took in only about US $8 million (approximately £ 5 million) in North America . </P> <P> The official synopsis of The Boat That Rocked before release stated that it tells the fictional story about a group of DJs in 1966 who are at odds with a traditionalist British government that prefers to broadcast jazz . According to director Richard Curtis, the film, though inspired by real British pirate radio of the 1960s, is a work of historical fiction and does not depict a specific radio station of the period . </P> <Ul> <Li> The soundtrack features songs from The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Turtles, Jimi Hendrix, Duffy, Procol Harum, Box Tops, The Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Seekers and The Who . </Li> <Li> The soundtrack features 32 songs on two discs . The film itself has a 60 - song playlist . </Li> </Ul>

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