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Papillon

Papillon
CAST & DIRECTORBOX OFFICE DATAGLOBAL RELEASESTOP GROSSINGNEWS
1973
 151 minutes (2 hrs 31 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Franklin J. Schaffner

Starring

Steve McQueen · Dustin Hoffman · Victor Jory · Don Gordon · Anthony Zerbe · Robert Deman

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 19th December 1973
Canada release date Canada release: 19th December 1973
United States release date United States release: 19th December 1973

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 12th Jul '74
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £319.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 10

Chart position history

UK box office

12 Jul, 1974
1
19 Jul, 1974
1
26 Jul, 1974
1
2 Aug, 1974
1
9 Aug, 1974
1
16 Aug, 1974
1
23 Aug, 1974
1
30 Aug, 1974
1
6 Sep, 1974
3
13 Sep, 1974
3

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

18

14A

16

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £974 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $53.3 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $53.3 Million

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News from around the web
Papillon  filmreviewdaily.com Mon, 28th April 2025

Papillon (1973 film)  Mail Plus Mon, 7th April 2025

Papillon (2017) ⭐ 7.2 | Adventure, Biography, Crime  IMDb Sat, 30th January 2016

Rami Malek on Papillon: 'Surrounding yourself with actors playing inmates all day long is an assault to the senses'  list.co.uk Wed, 30th April 2025

The "gruelling" epic that bored Quentin Tarantino senseless  Far Out Magazine Thu, 17th July 2025

Papillon review – prison-break remake is a long stretch  The Guardian Thu, 20th December 2018