Film of the Day: Ellis Park

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MOVIE

Platoon

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1986

120 minutes (2 hrs 00 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Oliver Stone

Starring

Tom Berenger · Willem Dafoe · Charlie Sheen · Forest Whitaker · Kevin Dillon · Keith David

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 6th February 1987

Turkey release: 24th December 1986

Argentina release: 19th February 1987

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 24th Apr '87
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £286.9 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

Box Office debut: 6th Feb '87
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: $8.2 Million
Total chart weeks: 12

Chart position history

UK box office

24 Apr, 1987
2

1 May, 1987
1

8 May, 1987
1

15 May, 1987
1

22 May, 1987
1

29 May, 1987
1

5 Jun, 1987
1

12 Jun, 1987
5

19 Jun, 1987
5

26 Jun, 1987
8

3 Jul, 1987
10

10 Jul, 1987
11

17 Jul, 1987
11

US box office

6 Feb, 1987
1

13 Feb, 1987
1

20 Feb, 1987
1

27 Feb, 1987
2

13 Mar, 1987
3

20 Mar, 1987
3

27 Mar, 1987
3

3 Apr, 1987
3

10 Apr, 1987
6

17 Apr, 1987
7

24 Apr, 1987
7

1 May, 1987
7

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£4.7 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$138.5 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$144.9 Million

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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 13

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Platoon

24 Apr 1987

£286,942

1 May 1987

1▲

£520,894

£1,042,238

8 May 1987

1▲▼

£618,759

£1,846,625

15 May 1987

1▲▼

£429,127

£2,425,946

22 May 1987

1▲▼

£293,121

£3,222,313

29 May 1987

1▲▼

£293,121

£3,647,338

5 Jun 1987

1▲▼

£349,532

£4,119,206

12 Jun 1987

5▼

£226,347

£4,447,409

19 Jun 1987

5▲▼

£114,014

£4,601,328

26 Jun 1987

8▼

£57,454

£4,678,891

3 Jul 1987

10▼

£13,965

£4,698,442

10 Jul 1987

11▼

£2,109

£4,701,395

17 Jul 1987

11▲▼

£1,122

£4,702,910

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 12

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

6 Feb 1987

1▲

$8,179,149

$38,342,073

13 Feb 1987

1▲▼

$12,875,690

$54,774,372

20 Feb 1987

1▲▼

$8,216,207

$65,873,971

27 Feb 1987

2▼

$7,153,244

$75,918,222

13 Mar 1987

3▼

$4,664,176

$91,641,557

20 Mar 1987

3▲▼

$3,828,038

$97,263,950

27 Mar 1987

3▲▼

$3,944,114

$102,889,459

3 Apr 1987

3▲▼

$4,737,808

$109,933,502

10 Apr 1987

6▼

$2,937,411

$114,398,785

17 Apr 1987

7▼

$2,582,868

$118,440,507

24 Apr 1987

7▲▼

$1,977,665

$121,527,020

1 May 1987

7▲▼

$1,577,689

$123,871,390