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Nuns On the Run

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1990

89 minutes (1 hrs 29 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Jonathan Lynn

Starring

Eric Idle · Robbie Coltrane · Camille Coduri · Janet Suzman · Doris Hare · Lila Kaye

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 30th March 1990

Australia release: 7th June 1990

Ireland release: 29th June 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 4th May '90
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £599.5 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

Box Office debut: 16th Mar '90
Debut position: 17
Highest position: 7
Debut gross: $658.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

4 May, 1990
2

11 May, 1990
2

18 May, 1990
2

25 May, 1990
3

1 Jun, 1990
5

8 Jun, 1990
6

15 Jun, 1990
9

22 Jun, 1990
13

29 Jun, 1990
15

US box office

30 Mar, 1990
7

6 Apr, 1990
11

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2.5 Million

US total gross
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$6.2 Million

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

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Last viewed:
19th Oct 2025

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Nuns On The Run movie review & film summary (1990) Roger Ebert Tue, 31st October 2017

3 Nuns Escape Care Home, Break Into Convent With Locksmith's Help NDTV Sun, 14th September 2025

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Nuns on the Run and the End of HandMade Films Crooked Marquee Mon, 30th March 2020