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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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1978
 138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Richard Dreyfuss · François Truffaut · Teri Garr · Melinda Dillon · Bob Balaban · J. Patrick McNamara

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 14th December 1977

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 17th Mar '78
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £937.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 14

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 1st Sep '17
  • Debut position: 14
  • Highest position: 14
  • Debut gross: $1.8 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

17 Mar, 1978
1
24 Mar, 1978
1
31 Mar, 1978
2
7 Apr, 1978
3
14 Apr, 1978
4
21 Apr, 1978
4
28 Apr, 1978
3
5 May, 1978
2
12 May, 1978
2
19 May, 1978
2
26 May, 1978
2
2 Jun, 1978
2
9 Jun, 1978
2
16 Jun, 1978
3

US box office

1 Sep, 2017
14

Global box office

Certificates


PG age rating
US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £12.8 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $135.2 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $306.1 Million

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Directed By

Director
Role
Steven Spielberg
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
Richard Dreyfuss
Roy Neary
François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling
Wild Bill
Roberts Blossom
Farmer
Philip Dodds
Jean Claude
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
Silvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen
Robert
Merrill Connally
Team Leader
George DiCenzo
Major Benchley
Amy Douglass
Implantee
Alexander Lockwood
Implantee
Gene Dynarski
Ike
Mary Gafrey
Mrs. Harris
Norman Bartold
Ohio Tolls
Josef Sommer
Larry Butler
Michael J. Dyer
Self
Roger Ernest
Highway Patrolman
Carl Weathers
Military Police
F.J. O'Neil
ARP Project Member
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician
Randy Mark Herman
Returnee #1 Flt. 19
Hal Barwood
Returnee #2 Flt. 19
Matthew Robbins
Returnee #3 Flt. 19
David Anderson
Air Traffic Controller
Richard L. Hawkins
Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve
Air Traffic
Bill Thurman
Air Traffic
Roy E. Richards
Air East Pilot
Gene Rader
Hawker
Eumenio Blanco
Sunburned Old Man
Daniel Nunez
Federale
Chuy Franco
Mexican Federale
Luis Contreras
Federale
James Keane
Radio Telescope Team
Dennis McMullen
Radio Telescope Team
Cy Young
Radio Telescope Team
Tom Howard
Radio Telescope Team
Richard Stuart
Truck Dispatcher
Bob Westmoreland
Load Dispatcher
Matt Emery
Support Leader
Galen Thompson
Special Forces Soldier
John Dennis Johnston
Special Forces
John Ewing
Dirty Tricks #1
Keith Atkinson
Dirty Tricks #2
Robert Broyles
Dirty Tricks #3
Kirk Raymond
Dirty Tricks #4
Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.
Scientist
Danyi Deats
Alien
Basil Hoffman
Longly
J. Allen Hynek
Self - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site
Monty Jordan
Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot
Shay McLean
Speaking Child
Dejah Moore
Receptionist
Carl Neal
Extra
Monty O'Grady
Agent
Julia Phillips
UFO watcher at Crescendo Summit
Murray Pollack
Agent
Stephen Powers
UN Observer
David Rambow
Special Forces Hazmat Soldier
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith