MOVIE

National Lampoons Animal House

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1979

109 minutes (1 hrs 49 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Landis

Starring

Tom Hulce · Stephen Furst · Mark Metcalf · Mary Louise Weller · Martha Smith · James Daughton

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 28th July 1978

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 2nd Mar '79
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £886 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

US box office

Box Office debut: 28th Jul '78
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: $276.5 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

2 Mar, 1979
2

9 Mar, 1979
3

16 Mar, 1979
3

23 Mar, 1979
3

30 Mar, 1979
3

6 Apr, 1979
4

13 Apr, 1979
5

20 Apr, 1979
4

US box office

28 Jul, 1978
1

27 Oct, 1978
1

21 Sep, 1979
2

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2 Million

US total gross
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$20.6 Million

Global total gross
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