1983
130 minutes (2 hrs 10 mins) Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Studio
Merchant Ivory Productions
Director and Cast Quickview
Starring
Christopher Cazenove · Greta Scacchi · Julian Glover · Susan Fleetwood · Patrick Godfrey · Jennifer Kendal
Full cast & crew
Release dates
Australia release:
4th August 1983
Portugal release:
4th August 1983
France release:
24th August 1983Box Office Quickview
UK box office
- Debut box office: 7th Jan '83
- Debut position: 3
- Highest position: 3
- Debut gross: £51.6 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 12
US box office
- Box Office debut: 1st Sep '17
- Debut position: 78
- Highest position: 78
- Debut gross: $10.3 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 2
Chart position history
UK box office
7 Jan, 1983
3
14 Jan, 1983
3
21 Jan, 1983
3
28 Jan, 1983
4
4 Feb, 1983
4
11 Feb, 1983
5
18 Feb, 1983
7
25 Feb, 1983
6
4 Mar, 1983
6
11 Mar, 1983
6
Certificates
Total grosses
UK total gross
£266.2 Thousand
US total gross
$1.8 Million
Global total gross
$2.1 Million
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