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MOVIE
Being There
1979
130 minutes (2 hrs 10 mins)
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Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Hal Ashby
Starring
Peter Sellers · Shirley MacLaine · Melvyn Douglas · Jack Warden · Richard Dysart · Richard Basehart
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
8th February 1980
Canada release
8th February 1980
France release
18th May 1980
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
11th Jul '80
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £452.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8
Chart position history
UK box office
11 Jul,
1980
2
18 Jul,
1980
2
25 Jul,
1980
3
1 Aug,
1980
3
8 Aug,
1980
4
15 Aug,
1980
4
22 Aug,
1980
4
29 Aug,
1980
4
US box office
Global box office
Certificates
US
PG
Total grosses
UK total gross
£1.2 Million
US total gross
$0
Global total gross
$0
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