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1982

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Tobe Hooper

Starring

Craig T. Nelson · JoBeth Williams · Beatrice Straight · Dominique Dunne · Oliver Robins · Heather O'Rourke

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 17th Sep '82
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £742.9 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 10

US box office

Box Office debut: 4th Jun '82
Debut position: 3
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: $6.9 Million
Total chart weeks: 20

Chart position history

UK box office

17 Sep, 1982
1

24 Sep, 1982
1

1 Oct, 1982
2

8 Oct, 1982
1

15 Oct, 1982
1

22 Oct, 1982
2

29 Oct, 1982
2

5 Nov, 1982
2

12 Nov, 1982
2

US box office

4 Jun, 1982
3

11 Jun, 1982
4

18 Jun, 1982
6

25 Jun, 1982
7

2 Jul, 1982
7

9 Jul, 1982
5

16 Jul, 1982
7

23 Jul, 1982
8

30 Jul, 1982
9

6 Aug, 1982
9

13 Aug, 1982
12

20 Aug, 1982
14

10 Sep, 1982
10

17 Sep, 1982
12

24 Sep, 1982
11

29 Oct, 1982
9

5 Nov, 1982
11

12 Nov, 1982
11

20 May, 1983
12

Global box office

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Poltergeist III

Certificates

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2.2 Million

US total gross
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$76.6 Million

Global total gross
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Tobe
Hooper

Director

Role

Tobe Hooper

Directed By

Actor

Character

Craig T. Nelson

JoBeth Williams

Beatrice Straight

Dominique Dunne

Oliver Robins

Heather O'Rourke

Michael McManus

Virginia Kiser

Martin Casella

Richard Lawson

Zelda Rubinstein

James Karen

Lou Perryman

Clair E. Leucart

Dirk Blocker

Allan Graf

Joseph Walsh

Helen Baron

Noel Conlon

Robert Broyles

Sonny Landham

Jeffrey Bannister

William Vail

Craig Simmons

Phil Stone

Barry Nelson

Fred Rogers