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MOVIE

Pet Sematary

1989

103 minutes (1 hrs 43 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING FILM SERIES NEWS

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Mary Lambert

Starring

Dale Midkiff · Fred Gwynne · Denise Crosby · Brad Greenquist · Michael Lombard · Miko Hughes

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 21st April 1989

Canada release: 21st April 1989

United States release: 21st April 1989

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 17th Nov '89
Debut position: 3
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: £246.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

US box office

Box Office debut: 28th Apr '89
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: $8.4 Million
Total chart weeks: 5

Chart position history

UK box office

17 Nov, 1989
3

24 Nov, 1989
5

1 Dec, 1989
7

8 Dec, 1989
7

15 Dec, 1989
8

22 Dec, 1989
8

29 Dec, 1989
9

5 Jan, 1990
11

US box office

28 Apr, 1989
1

2 Jun, 1989
9

9 Jun, 1989
9

16 Jun, 1989
9

23 Jun, 1989
11

Global box office

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Certificates

US
R

MA15+

18+

K-16

K-17

(Banned)

VM18

18+

N-16

18+

SPG

M/16

I.M.-18

18+

PG13

18+

13+

C18

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£1 Million

US total gross
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$57.5 Million

Global total gross
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Box Office Release Breakdown

Canada release date: 21st April 1989
United States release date: 21st April 1989
Australia release date: 15th June 1989
Netherlands release date: 15th June 1989
Sweden release date: 16th June 1989
Italy release date: 23rd June 1989
Spain release date: 14th July 1989
Japan release date: 19th August 1989
Taiwan release date: 26th August 1989
Portugal release date: 1st September 1989
Brazil release date: 12th October 1989
Norway release date: 19th October 1989
Denmark release date: 27th October 1989
West Germany release date: 9th November 1989
United Kingdom release date: 17th November 1989
Finland release date: 1st December 1989
France release date: 17th January 1990
Belgium release date: 8th February 1990
Turkey release date: 16th February 1990
Hungary release date: 27th September 1990
Greece release date: 10th July 2002
Canada release date: 15th August 2017
Mexico release date: 26th March 2019
India release date: 10th June 2020
Egypt release date: 6th May 2021
Thailand release date: 15th December 2022