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One True Thing

 1998
 127 minutes (2 hrs 07 mins)
One True Thing
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Production Country

United States

Production Studio

Monarch Pictures

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Carl Franklin

Starring

Meryl Streep · Renée Zellweger · William Hurt · Tom Everett Scott · Lauren Graham · Nicky Katt

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
18th September 1998
United States release date United States release
18th September 1998
Spain release date Spain release
19th February 1999

Box Office Quickview

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 18th Sep '98
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $6.6 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

18 Sep, 1998
2
25 Sep, 1998
4
9 Oct, 1998
9

Global box office

Certificates


15

U

L

Tous publics

13

13

14

M

S

PG

PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £0
US total gross
United States Flag  $20.2 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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