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Letter to Brezhnev
1985
94 minutes (1 hrs 34 mins)
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Directed by
Starring
Peter Firth · Alfred Molina · Alexandra Pigg · Margi Clarke · Tracy Marshak-Nash · Susan Dempsey
Release dates
US release2nd May 1986
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
- Debut box office: 15th Nov '85
- Debut position: 1
- Highest position: 1
- Debut gross: £302.9 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 8
Chart position history
UK box office
15 Nov, 1985
1
1
22 Nov, 1985
1
1
29 Nov, 1985
5
5
6 Dec, 1985
9
9
13 Dec, 1985
12
12
20 Dec, 1985
13
13
27 Dec, 1985
11
11
3 Jan, 1986
12
12
US box office
Global box office
Certificates
US
R
R
Total grosses
UK total gross
£939 Thousand
£939 Thousand
US total gross
$0
$0
Global total gross
$0
$0 25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
Letter to Brezhnev review – terrific return for Merseysiders’ romance with Russian sailors The Guardian Fri, 18th September 2026Review – Letter to Brezhnev – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool Good News Liverpool Wed, 23rd September 2026REVIEW: Letter to Brezhnev returns to Liverpool stage in five-star revival Wirral Globe Fri, 18th September 2026Reunited with a legend: Frank Clarke on Letter to Brezhnev, Scouse nerve, and bringing his classic to the stage Liverpool Echo Thu, 3rd September 2026Road to Letter to Brezhnev documentary now available online Knowsley News Thu, 16th April 2026‘The film humanised Russians at a time when Rambo was killing them’: how we made Letter to Brezhnev The Guardian Mon, 18th May 2026