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Mississippi Burning

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1988

128 minutes (2 hrs 08 mins)

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Alan Parker

Starring

Gene Hackman · Willem Dafoe · Frances McDormand · Brad Dourif · R. Lee Ermey · Gailard Sartain

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 27th January 1989

Canada release: 9th December 1988

United States release: 9th December 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 5th May '89
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £175.1 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 11

US box office

Box Office debut: 9th Dec '88
Debut position: 13
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: $225 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 14

Chart position history

UK box office

5 May, 1989
4

12 May, 1989
2

19 May, 1989
1

26 May, 1989
1

2 Jun, 1989
1

9 Jun, 1989
6

16 Jun, 1989
9

23 Jun, 1989
13

30 Jun, 1989
13

7 Jul, 1989
15

US box office

9 Dec, 1988
13

16 Dec, 1988
14

23 Dec, 1988
14

30 Dec, 1988
14

6 Jan, 1989
15

13 Jan, 1989
7

20 Jan, 1989
7

27 Jan, 1989
5

3 Feb, 1989
8

10 Feb, 1989
12

17 Feb, 1989
13

24 Feb, 1989
11

3 Mar, 1989
12

Global box office

Certificates

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2.2 Million

US total gross
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$33.9 Million

Global total gross
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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 11

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Mississippi Burning

5 May 1989

£175,136

12 May 1989

2▲

£460,598

£773,913

19 May 1989

1▲

£377,589

£1,264,779

26 May 1989

1▲▼

£287,152

£1,652,434

2 Jun 1989

1▲▼

£302,436

£2,090,966

9 Jun 1989

6▼

£35,343

£2,136,912

16 Jun 1989

9▼

£18,602

£2,162,025

23 Jun 1989

13▼

£9,791

£2,176,222

30 Jun 1989

13▲▼

£5,153

£2,182,921

7 Jul 1989

15▼

£2,712

£2,186,853

14 Jul 1989

16▼

£1,829

£2,189,414

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 14

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

9 Dec 1988

13▲

$225,034

16 Dec 1988

14▼

$160,628

$480,372

23 Dec 1988

14▲▼

$198,589

$762,696

30 Dec 1988

14▲▼

$301,908

$1,192,467

6 Jan 1989

15▼

$255,914

$1,541,313

13 Jan 1989

7▲

$4,040,640

$5,714,916

20 Jan 1989

7▲▼

$2,652,537

$10,081,850

27 Jan 1989

5▲

$3,545,305

$14,726,112

3 Feb 1989

8▼

$2,475,978

$18,254,959

10 Feb 1989

12▼

$1,725,034

$20,692,406

17 Feb 1989

13▼

$2,337,257

$23,720,589

24 Feb 1989

11▲

$1,530,823

$25,764,248

3 Mar 1989

12▼

$1,239,156

$27,590,949

28 Apr 1989

19▼

$151,463

$33,932,706