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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now
CAST & DIRECTORBOX OFFICE DATAGLOBAL RELEASESTOP GROSSINGNEWS
1979
 147 minutes (2 hrs 27 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Francis Ford Coppola

Starring

Marlon Brando · Martin Sheen · Robert Duvall · Frederic Forrest · Sam Bottoms · Laurence Fishburne

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 15th August 1979
United States release date United States release: 15th August 1979
France release date France release: 26th September 1979

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 21st Dec '79
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £458.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 11

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 17th Aug '79
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: $118.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 18

Chart position history

UK box office

21 Dec, 1979
3
28 Dec, 1979
2
4 Jan, 1980
3
11 Jan, 1980
4
18 Jan, 1980
4
25 Jan, 1980
4
30 Nov, 2001
9
7 Dec, 2001
11
14 Dec, 2001
14
21 Dec, 2001
15

US box office

17 Aug, 1979
3

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

R

18

18+

16

M18

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $83.5 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 6

UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Apocalypse Now
21 Dec 1979
3N
£458,284
£458,284
28 Dec 1979
2▲
£448,570
£1,108,711
4 Jan 1980
3▼
£283,714
£1,505,911
11 Jan 1980
4▼
£116,285
£1,662,896
18 Jan 1980
4▲▼
£77,428
£1,775,167
25 Jan 1980
4▲▼
£38,856
£1,825,680
30 Nov 2001
9▼
£68,351
£68,351
7 Dec 2001
11▼
£52,108
£120,459
14 Dec 2001
14▼
£32,456
£152,915
21 Dec 2001
15▼
£10,192
£163,107
16 Aug 2019
25▼
£9,661
£9,661
US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 18

US Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
17 Aug 1979
3▲
$118,558
$322,489
3 Aug 2001
34▼
$96,992
$96,992
10 Aug 2001
19▲
$383,838
$561,026
17 Aug 2001
21▼
$483,159
$1,288,885
7 Sep 2001
29▼
$284,203
$3,224,573
14 Sep 2001
32▼
$202,260
$3,523,058
21 Sep 2001
34▼
$193,051
$3,832,165
28 Sep 2001
37▼
$146,498
$4,086,577
5 Oct 2001
38▼
$96,363
$4,253,702
12 Oct 2001
40▼
$81,788
$4,388,856
19 Oct 2001
47▼
$56,596
$4,487,497
26 Oct 2001
63▼
$25,709
$4,545,944
26 Aug 2022
37▲
$20,233
$38,304
9 Sep 2022
47▼
$4,407
$60,469
16 Sep 2022
50▼
$2,312
$68,051
23 Sep 2022
54▼
$826
$70,263
28 Oct 2022
47▲
$435
$71,402
20 Jun 2025
27▲
$15,161
$15,161