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MOVIE

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1978

138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

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: 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

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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Steven
Spielberg

Director

Role

Steven Spielberg

Directed By

François
Truffaut

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