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1978
91 minutes (1 hrs 31 mins)
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:
27th October 1978
Canada release:
25th October 1978
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
Total grosses
UK total gross
£2.4 Million
US total gross
$47 Million
Global total gross
$55 Million
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Box Office Release Breakdown
Canada
release date:
25th October 1978
United States
release date:
25th October 1978
United States
release date:
27th October 1978
United Kingdom
release date:
25th January 1979
France
release date:
14th March 1979
Italy
release date:
14th April 1979
Denmark
release date:
16th April 1979
Netherlands
release date:
23rd May 1979
Australia
release date:
1st June 1979
West Germany
release date:
6th July 1979
Norway
release date:
10th July 1979
Finland
release date:
13th July 1979
Sweden
release date:
6th August 1979
Japan
release date:
11th August 1979
Hong Kong
release date:
21st September 1979
Spain
release date:
28th October 1979
Portugal
release date:
16th November 1979
Sri Lanka
release date:
25th November 1979
South Korea
release date:
6th December 1979
India
release date:
10th December 1979
Soviet Union
release date:
11th December 1979
Seychelles
release date:
25th December 1979
Thailand
release date:
25th December 1979
Singapore
release date:
13th January 1980
Mexico
release date:
1st February 1980
Ireland
release date:
7th March 1980
Brazil
release date:
17th May 1980
Colombia
release date:
11th October 1980
Argentina
release date:
16th November 1980
Uruguay
release date:
23rd April 1981
Bangladesh
release date:
12th June 1981
East Germany
release date:
15th November 1987
Hungary
release date:
6th November 1989
Greece
release date:
31st July 2002
Czech Republic
release date:
4th February 2016
South Africa
release date:
16th November 2017
United Arab Emirates
release date:
25th October 2018
Finland
release date:
1st November 2018
Turkey
release date:
1st October 2020
Egypt
release date:
19th September 2021