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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978
138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)
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Directed by
Starring
Richard Dreyfuss · François Truffaut · Teri Garr · Melinda Dillon · Bob Balaban · J. Patrick McNamara
Release dates
US release14th 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
1
24 Mar, 1978
1
1
31 Mar, 1978
2
2
7 Apr, 1978
3
3
14 Apr, 1978
4
4
21 Apr, 1978
4
4
28 Apr, 1978
3
3
5 May, 1978
2
2
12 May, 1978
2
2
19 May, 1978
2
2
26 May, 1978
2
2
2 Jun, 1978
2
2
9 Jun, 1978
2
2
16 Jun, 1978
3
3
US box office
1 Sep, 2017
14
14
Global box office
Certificates
US
PG
PG
Total grosses
UK total gross
£12.8 Million
£12.8 Million
US total gross
$3.1 Million
$3.1 Million
Global total gross
$306.1 Million
$306.1 Million 25thframe.co.uk stats
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