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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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Global total gross
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Genres

Drama

Sci-Fi