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 1988
 105 minutes (1 hrs 45 mins)
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Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Starring

Kathleen Turner · Burt Reynolds · Christopher Reeve · Ned Beatty · Henry Gibson · George Newbern

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
4th March 1988
United States release date United States release
4th March 1988
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release
29th April 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 4th Mar '88
  • Debut position: 4
  • Highest position: 4
  • Debut gross: £167.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 4th Mar '98
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: $3.1 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

4 Mar, 1988
4
11 Mar, 1988
5
18 Mar, 1988
7
25 Mar, 1988
11
1 Apr, 1988
12
8 Apr, 1988
14

US box office

4 Mar, 1998
6
11 Mar, 1998
10

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

11

T

Tous publics

L

G

11

M/12

PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £363.7 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $5.8 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Genres

Comedy

Crime