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Running On Empty
1988
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Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Starring
Christine Lahti ·
River Phoenix
· Judd Hirsch · Jonas Abry · Martha Plimpton · Ed Crowley
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US box office
Box Office debut: 14th Oct '88
Debut position: 14
Highest position: 14
Debut gross: $354.1 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 1
Chart position history
UK box office
US box office
14 Oct,
1988
14
Global box office
Total grosses
UK total gross
£0
US total gross
$2.2 Million
Global total gross
$0
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Mon, 13th June 2016
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