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Midnight Cowboy

 1969
 113 minutes (1 hrs 53 mins)
Midnight Cowboy
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Schlesinger

Starring

Dustin Hoffman · Jon Voight · Sylvia Miles · John McGiver · Brenda Vaccaro · Barnard Hughes

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 26th Sep '69
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £130.8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

26 Sep, 1969
2
3 Oct, 1969
2
10 Oct, 1969
2
17 Oct, 1969
2
24 Oct, 1969
2
31 Oct, 1969
3
7 Nov, 1969
3

US box office

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £324.6 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $44.8 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $45.1 Million

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News from around the web
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'Midnight Cowboy': The Best Rock Movie of 1969 with a Grammy-Winning Soundtrack  yahoo.com Sat, 16th May 2026

A new celebration of legendary LGBTQ+ director John Schlesinger is hitting UK cinemas this month  Time Out Worldwide Mon, 6th July 2026

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The Improvised Dustin Hoffman Line That Changed Midnight Cowboy Forever  looper.com Wed, 1st July 2026

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