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Babel
2006
143 minutes (2 hrs 23 mins)
Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Starring
Release dates
US release10th November 2006
France release23rd May 2006
Canada release9th September 2006
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
- Debut box office: 19th Jan '07
- Debut position: 7
- Highest position: 6
- Debut gross: £592.4 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 7
US box office
- Box Office debut: 27th Oct '06
- Debut position: 24
- Highest position: 6
- Debut gross: $389.4 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 21
Chart position history
UK box office
19 Jan, 2007
7
7
26 Jan, 2007
6
6
2 Feb, 2007
8
8
9 Feb, 2007
14
14
US box office
10 Nov, 2006
6
6
17 Nov, 2006
8
8
24 Nov, 2006
13
13
19 Jan, 2007
13
13
26 Jan, 2007
14
14
2 Feb, 2007
15
15
9 Feb, 2007
15
15
Global box office
Certificates
US
R
R
Total grosses
UK total gross
£3 Million
£3 Million
US total gross
$34.3 Million
$34.3 Million
Global total gross
$135.3 Million
$135.3 Million 25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
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The movie stars Tom Cruise who has been seen previously in Top Gun Maverick and Mission Impossible Fallout. It also stars Riz Ahmed, who has previously been seen in Relay and Ill Manors.
Directing duties go to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who has previously brought us Babel and Amores Perros.
Movie Synopsis
The most powerful man in the world tries to present himself as humanity’s saviour before the disaster he has unleashed destroys everything.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
- Title: Digger~2026
- BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
- Reason: very strong language
- Classification Date: 2nd October 2026
- Runtime: 129 minutes (2 hours 9 minutes)
- The movie is being released into movie theatres
- Directed by:
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
- Starring:
- Tom Cruise
- Riz Ahmed
- John Goodman
- Sandra Hüller