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MOVIE

The Blues Brother's

1980

133 minutes (2 hrs 13 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING FILM SERIES NEWS

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Landis

Starring

Tom Erhart · Gerald Walling · John Belushi · Walter Levine · Frank Oz · Dan Aykroyd

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 20th June 1980

Canada release: 20th June 1980

United States release: 20th June 1980

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 10th Oct '80
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £853.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

Box Office debut: 20th Jun '80
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: $4.9 Million
Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

10 Oct, 1980
1

17 Oct, 1980
2

24 Oct, 1980
2

31 Oct, 1980
4

US box office

20 Jun, 1980
2

27 Jun, 1980
2

Global box office

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Certificates

US
TV-PG

K-12

Tous publics

ALL

14+

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£1.7 Million

US total gross
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$57.2 Million

Global total gross
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Box Office Release Breakdown

Canada release date: 20th June 1980
United States release date: 20th June 1980
West Germany release date: 16th October 1980
United Kingdom release date: 23rd October 1980
Hong Kong release date: 30th October 1980
France release date: 7th November 1980
Italy release date: 13th November 1980
Netherlands release date: 13th November 1980
Ireland release date: 28th November 1980
Australia release date: 19th December 1980
Finland release date: 19th December 1980
Greece release date: 22nd December 1980
Sweden release date: 22nd December 1980
Poland release date: 31st December 1980
Denmark release date: 30th January 1981
Norway release date: 6th March 1981
Portugal release date: 27th March 1981
Japan release date: 28th March 1981
Brazil release date: 16th April 1981
Argentina release date: 30th April 1981
Taiwan release date: 4th July 1981
Turkey release date: 3rd December 1983
Spain release date: 20th May 1990
Iceland release date: 5th May 1998
Singapore release date: 8th September 1998
Mexico release date: 9th September 1998
Philippines release date: 30th August 2005