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Distant Voices, Still Lives

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1988

84 minutes (1 hrs 24 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Terence Davies

Starring

Freda Dowie · Pete Postlethwaite · Angela Walsh · Dean Williams · Lorraine Ashbourne · Sally Davies

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 29th September 1988

Netherlands release: 29th September 1988

France release: 16th November 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 30th Sep '88
Debut position: 3
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: £216.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

US box office

Box Office debut: 28th Jul '89
Debut position: 18
Highest position: 18
Debut gross: $10 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

30 Sep, 1988
3

7 Oct, 1988
4

14 Oct, 1988
6

21 Oct, 1988
7

28 Oct, 1988
7

4 Nov, 1988
8

11 Nov, 1988
10

18 Nov, 1988
11

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£579.3 Thousand

US total gross
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$693.6 Thousand

Global total gross
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$771.7 Thousand

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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 8

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Distant Voices, Still Lives

30 Sep 1988

£216,312

7 Oct 1988

4▼

£154,509

£417,174

14 Oct 1988

6▼

£59,427

£494,429

21 Oct 1988

7▼

£29,714

£536,029

28 Oct 1988

7▲▼

£11,428

£552,600

4 Nov 1988

8▼

£5,714

£560,314

11 Nov 1988

10▼

£2,198

£577,797

18 Nov 1988

11▼

£1,099

£579,281

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 3

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

28 Jul 1989

18▼

$10,021

31 Aug 2018

80▼

$2,395

7 Sep 2018

100▼

$458

$5,234