Film of the Day: The Prince and the Pauper

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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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This weeks Box Office Positions

UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 8

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

2 Mar 1979

£886,034

9 Mar 1979

3▼

£421,921

£1,497,819

16 Mar 1979

3▲▼

£200,915

£1,769,054

23 Mar 1979

3▲▼

£95,674

£1,902,998

30 Mar 1979

3▲▼

£45,559

£1,966,781

6 Apr 1979

4▼

£21,695

£1,994,985

13 Apr 1979

5▼

£10,331

£2,008,932

20 Apr 1979

4▲

£4,920

£2,015,574

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 3

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

28 Jul 1978

1▲

$276,538

27 Oct 1978

1▲▼

$1,298,347

$20,635,465

21 Sep 1979

2▼

$201,747

Global Box Office Info

Global Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total