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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1989

124 minutes (2 hrs 04 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Peter Greenaway

Starring

Richard Bohringer · Michael Gambon · Helen Mirren · Alan Howard · Tim Roth · Ciarán Hinds

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 6th April 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 13th Oct '89
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 4
Debut gross: £352.1 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 9

US box office

Box Office debut: 6th Apr '90
Debut position: 17
Highest position: 11
Debut gross: $252.2 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6

Chart position history

UK box office

13 Oct, 1989
4

20 Oct, 1989
5

27 Oct, 1989
7

3 Nov, 1989
9

10 Nov, 1989
10

17 Nov, 1989
12

US box office

13 Apr, 1990
13

20 Apr, 1990
13

27 Apr, 1990
14

18 May, 1990
11

25 May, 1990
12

Global box office

Certificates

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£878.2 Thousand

US total gross
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$5.5 Million

Global total gross
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Director

Role

Peter Greenaway

Directed By

Michael
Gambon

Helen
Mirren

Actor

Character

Richard Bohringer

Michael Gambon

Helen Mirren

Alan Howard

Tim Roth

Ciarán Hinds

Gary Olsen

Ewan Stewart

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Ron Cook

Liz Smith

Emer Gillespie

Janet Henfrey

Arnie Breeveld

Tony Alleff

Paul Russell

Alex Kingston

Ian Sears

Willie Ross

Ian Dury

Diane Langton

Prudence Oliver

Roger Lloyd Pack

Bob Goody

Peter Rush

Pauline Mayer

Ben Stoneham

Andy Wilson

John Mullis

Flavia Brilli

Brenda Edwards

Sophie Goodchild

Alex Fraser

Michael Clark

Gary Logan

Tim Geary

Saffron Rainey

Hywel Williams-Ellis

Michael Maguire

Patric Walters

Sue Maund

Nick Brozovic

Caroline Pagano

Keith Barrows

Yolande Brener

Irene Palko