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MOVIE

Chariots of Fire

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1981

125 minutes (2 hrs 05 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Hugh Hudson

Starring

Nicholas Farrell · Nigel Havers · Ian Charleson · Ben Cross · Daniel Gerroll · Ian Holm

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 9th April 1982

United Kingdom release: 15th May 1981

Norway release: 22nd May 1981

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 15th May '81
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £856.1 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

Box Office debut: 8th Jan '82
Debut position: 13
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: $331 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 23

Chart position history

UK box office

15 May, 1981
1

22 May, 1981
2

29 May, 1981
2

5 Jun, 1981
1

12 Jun, 1981
2

19 Jun, 1981
2

26 Jun, 1981
3

3 Jul, 1981
4

10 Jul, 1981
6

17 Jul, 1981
7

13 Jul, 2012
14

US box office

8 Jan, 1982
13

15 Jan, 1982
15

22 Jan, 1982
14

29 Jan, 1982
15

5 Feb, 1982
4

12 Feb, 1982
4

19 Feb, 1982
4

26 Feb, 1982
4

5 Mar, 1982
2

12 Mar, 1982
3

19 Mar, 1982
7

26 Mar, 1982
7

2 Apr, 1982
5

9 Apr, 1982
3

16 Apr, 1982
3

23 Apr, 1982
3

30 Apr, 1982
5

7 May, 1982
4

14 May, 1982
6

21 May, 1982
7

28 May, 1982
8

4 Jun, 1982
11

11 Jun, 1982
14

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£2.6 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$59 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$59.3 Million

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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 11

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Chariots of Fire

15 May 1981

£856,058

22 May 1981

2▼

£503,564

£1,510,691

29 May 1981

2▲▼

£296,214

£1,895,769

5 Jun 1981

1▲

£174,244

£2,148,423

12 Jun 1981

2▼

£102,496

£2,297,042

19 Jun 1981

2▲▼

£60,292

£2,384,465

26 Jun 1981

3▼

£35,466

£2,432,344

3 Jul 1981

4▼

£20,862

£2,461,551

10 Jul 1981

6▼

£12,272

£2,479,345

17 Jul 1981

7▼

£7,219

£2,488,730

13 Jul 2012

14▼

£63,857

£2,132,544

26 Jul 2024

27▼

£3,017

16 Aug 2024

36▼

£2,318

£10,513

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 23

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

8 Jan 1982

13▲

$331,010

$4,333,992

15 Jan 1982

15▼

$359,516

$4,837,000

22 Jan 1982

14▲

$259,453

$5,215,249

29 Jan 1982

15▼

$476,605

$5,803,579

5 Feb 1982

4▲

$1,669,582

$7,627,460

12 Feb 1982

4▲▼

$2,224,865

$10,389,966

19 Feb 1982

4▲▼

$1,689,149

$12,570,598

26 Feb 1982

4▲▼

$1,636,721

$14,785,000

5 Mar 1982

2▲

$2,229,501

$17,490,000

12 Mar 1982

3▼

$2,019,964

$20,301,485

19 Mar 1982

7▼

$1,826,591

$22,883,210

26 Mar 1982

7▲▼

$1,815,532

$24,698,742

2 Apr 1982

5▲

$3,280,675

$29,874,443

9 Apr 1982

3▲

$3,434,399

$34,848,533

16 Apr 1982

3▲▼

$2,811,351

$39,145,193

23 Apr 1982

3▲▼

$2,085,480

$42,230,436

30 Apr 1982

5▼

$1,668,771

$44,674,859

7 May 1982

4▲

$1,751,755

$47,069,237

14 May 1982

6▼

$1,378,032

$49,113,957

21 May 1982

7▼

$1,291,793

$50,967,438

28 May 1982

8▼

$1,736,022

$53,256,841

4 Jun 1982

11▼

$912,404

$54,545,413

11 Jun 1982

14▼

$649,362

$55,593,332