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Ironweed

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1987

143 minutes (2 hrs 23 mins)

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Hector Babenco · Hector Babenco

Starring

Jack Nicholson · Jack Nicholson · Meryl Streep · Meryl Streep · Carroll Baker · Carroll Baker

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 12th February 1988

United States release: 12th February 1988

Australia release: 24th March 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 20th May '88
Debut position: 5
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: £92.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

Box Office debut: 26th Feb '98
Debut position: 15
Highest position: 15
Debut gross: $838.5 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

20 May, 1988
5

27 May, 1988
5

3 Jun, 1988
5

10 Jun, 1988
7

17 Jun, 1988
7

24 Jun, 1988
11

US box office

26 Feb, 1998
15

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£219.1 Thousand

US total gross
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$5.8 Million

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

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Last viewed:
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News from around the web

The Unloved, Part 136: Ironweed Roger Ebert Thu, 1st May 2025

Return to Albany: was William Kennedy's Ironweed machine-tooled for the Oscars? The Guardian Tue, 24th April 2018

Meryl Streep on the Mick Jagger of cinema Far Out Magazine Tue, 18th February 2025

Ironweed movie review & film summary (1988) Roger Ebert Mon, 30th October 2017

Film: 'Ironweed,' From Hector Babenco (Published 1987) The New York Times Fri, 18th December 1987

Months of Meryl: Ironweed (1987) The Film Experience Thu, 5th April 2018