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1998

143 minutes (2 hrs 23 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom • France • Germany • Japan • United States

Production Studio

Universal Pictures

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Mike Nichols

Starring

John Travolta · Emma Thompson · Billy Bob Thornton · Kathy Bates · Adrian Lester · Maura Tierney

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 20th March 1998

Canada release: 20th March 1998

United States release: 20th March 1998

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 30th Oct '98
Debut position: 10
Highest position: 10
Debut gross: £238.9 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 2

US box office

Box Office debut: 20th Mar '98
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: $12 Million
Total chart weeks: 5

Chart position history

UK box office

30 Oct, 1998
10

6 Nov, 1998
14

US box office

20 Mar, 1998
2

27 Mar, 1998
3

3 Apr, 1998
5

8 May, 1998
15

Global box office

Certificates

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£497.5 Thousand

US total gross
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$39 Million

Global total gross
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Box Office Release Breakdown

Canada release date: 20th March 1998
United States release date: 20th March 1998
Australia release date: 26th March 1998
France release date: 13th May 1998
Argentina release date: 14th May 1998
Taiwan release date: 16th May 1998
Portugal release date: 22nd May 1998
Belgium release date: 27th May 1998
Brazil release date: 29th May 1998
Spain release date: 29th May 1998
Poland release date: 5th June 1998
Israel release date: 11th June 1998
Netherlands release date: 24th June 1998
Hong Kong release date: 25th June 1998
Singapore release date: 25th June 1998
Mexico release date: 10th July 1998
Sweden release date: 21st August 1998
Denmark release date: 28th August 1998
Germany release date: 3rd September 1998
Finland release date: 4th September 1998
Greece release date: 10th September 1998
Norway release date: 11th September 1998
Austria release date: 18th September 1998
Turkey release date: 25th September 1998
United States release date: 14th October 1998
Iceland release date: 16th October 1998
United Kingdom release date: 30th October 1998
Ireland release date: 30th October 1998
Italy release date: 30th October 1998
Colombia release date: 19th March 1999
Japan release date: 20th March 1999
Egypt release date: 14th April 1999
South Korea release date: 23rd October 1999
Bulgaria release date: 9th November 2001