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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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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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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 9

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Poltergeist

17 Sep 1982

£742,904

24 Sep 1982

1▲▼

£484,086

£1,372,216

1 Oct 1982

2▼

£194,677

£1,654,498

8 Oct 1982

1▲

£144,974

£1,857,462

15 Oct 1982

1▲▼

£95,269

£1,986,075

22 Oct 1982

2▼

£50,121

£2,051,232

29 Oct 1982

2▲▼

£27,695

£2,090,005

5 Nov 1982

2▲▼

£11,482

£2,106,080

12 Nov 1982

2▲▼

£6,213

£2,114,778

21 Oct 2022

20▼

£46,598

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 20

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

4 Jun 1982

3▲

$6,896,612

11 Jun 1982

4▼

$5,379,673

$15,840,440

18 Jun 1982

6▼

$4,709,044

$24,296,134

25 Jun 1982

7▼

$4,103,235

$31,328,050

2 Jul 1982

7▲▼

$4,257,743

$37,957,743

9 Jul 1982

5▲

$3,246,527

$42,746,527

16 Jul 1982

7▼

$2,648,700

$47,448,700

23 Jul 1982

8▼

$2,125,435

$51,285,055

30 Jul 1982

9▼

$1,847,018

$54,890,000

6 Aug 1982

9▲▼

$1,903,479

$58,137,777

13 Aug 1982

12▼

$1,425,480

$60,647,035

20 Aug 1982

14▼

$1,279,800

$62,285,580

3 Sep 1982

19▼

$1,083,726

$65,697,180

10 Sep 1982

10▲

$1,065,523

$66,918,281

17 Sep 1982

12▼

$738,292

$67,938,442

24 Sep 1982

11▲

$720,000

$68,850,000

29 Oct 1982

9▲

$1,003,019

$69,853,019

5 Nov 1982

11▼

$385,617

$73,485,501

12 Nov 1982

11▲▼

$223,190

$73,876,020

20 May 1983

12▼

$536,108