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Raiders of the Lost Ark

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1981

115 minutes (1 hrs 55 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Harrison Ford · Karen Allen · Paul Freeman · Ronald Lacey · John Rhys-Davies · Denholm Elliott

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 31st Jul '81
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £983.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

Box Office debut: 12th Jun '81
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: $8.3 Million
Total chart weeks: 24

Chart position history

UK box office

31 Jul, 1981
1

7 Aug, 1981
1

14 Aug, 1981
1

21 Aug, 1981
2

28 Aug, 1981
2

4 Sep, 1981
3

US box office

12 Jun, 1981
1

19 Jun, 1981
3

8 Jan, 1982
6

15 Jan, 1982
6

22 Jan, 1982
5

29 Jan, 1982
5

5 Feb, 1982
7

12 Feb, 1982
6

19 Feb, 1982
6

26 Feb, 1982
5

5 Mar, 1982
5

12 Mar, 1982
5

16 Jul, 1982
2

23 Jul, 1982
5

30 Jul, 1982
10

6 Aug, 1982
13

3 Sep, 1982
11

25 Mar, 1983
10

1 Apr, 1983
11

8 Apr, 1983
12

7 Sep, 2012
14

Global box office

Other movies in this series

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2.6 Million

US total gross
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$248.2 Million

Global total gross
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$383.9 Million

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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 6

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Raiders of the Lost Ark

31 Jul 1981

£983,710

7 Aug 1981

1▲▼

£669,758

£1,954,859

14 Aug 1981

1▲▼

£212,782

£2,263,393

21 Aug 1981

2▼

£134,294

£2,437,975

28 Aug 1981

2▲▼

£78,488

£2,551,783

4 Sep 1981

3▼

£55,807

£2,629,913

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 24

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

12 Jun 1981

1▲

$8,305,823

19 Jun 1981

3▼

$8,018,871

$21,861,910

8 Jan 1982

6▼

$1,908,232

$179,642,063

15 Jan 1982

6▲▼

$1,629,191

$181,718,672

22 Jan 1982

5▲

$1,788,556

$183,912,000

29 Jan 1982

5▲▼

$1,520,273

$185,748,792

5 Feb 1982

7▼

$1,281,561

$187,406,147

12 Feb 1982

6▲

$1,640,574

$189,468,297

19 Feb 1982

6▲▼

$1,442,813

$191,231,287

26 Feb 1982

5▲

$1,410,000

$192,999,474

5 Mar 1982

5▲▼

$1,665,000

$194,974,748

12 Mar 1982

5▲▼

$1,243,988

$196,614,672

16 Jul 1982

2▲

$4,347,101

23 Jul 1982

5▼

$2,827,413

$9,518,929

30 Jul 1982

10▼

$1,617,938

$12,692,435

6 Aug 1982

13▼

$1,213,958

$14,970,145

3 Sep 1982

11▲

$1,362,289

$16,332,434

25 Mar 1983

10▲

$1,327,451

1 Apr 1983

11▼

$1,108,693

$3,093,052

8 Apr 1983

12▼

$929,803

$4,564,725

7 Sep 2012

14▼

$1,673,731

14 Sep 2012

23▼

$390,093

$2,825,462

21 Sep 2012

46▼

$75,114

$3,055,303

28 Sep 2012

64▼

$26,522

$3,115,115