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Halloween

 1978
 91 minutes (1 hrs 31 mins)
Halloween
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Carpenter

Starring

Donald Pleasence · Jamie Lee Curtis · Nancy Kyes · P.J. Soles · Charles Cyphers · Kyle Richards

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
27th October 1978
Canada release date Canada release
25th October 1978
United States release date United States release
25th October 1978

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 26th Jan '79
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £700 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 11

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 27th Oct '78
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: $1.3 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 10

Chart position history

UK box office

26 Jan, 1979
1
2 Feb, 1979
1
9 Feb, 1979
1
16 Feb, 1979
1
23 Feb, 1979
1
2 Mar, 1979
4
9 Mar, 1979
5
16 Mar, 1979
5
23 Mar, 1979
5
30 Oct, 2020
8

US box office

27 Oct, 1978
2
3 Nov, 1978
1
10 Nov, 1978
1
17 Nov, 1978
1
24 Nov, 1978
1
1 Dec, 1978
1
8 Dec, 1978
1
15 Dec, 1978
2
22 Dec, 1978
3
29 Dec, 1978
2

Global box office

Other movies in this series

Halloween
Halloween II
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween: The Curese of Michael Myers
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
Halloween Resurrection
Halloween
Halloween Kills
Halloween Ends

Certificates

US
R

K-16

16

PG-12

T

18PL

15

AA

13

M/16

B

18

R-12

16+

18

18+

18

M

K-15

12

14

R

16

16

NC-16

15

12

A

15

16

15

16

13

PG

16

I.M.-18

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.4 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $47 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $55 Million

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