MOVIE

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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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: 5

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

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£878.2 Thousand

US total gross
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$4.5 Million

Global total gross
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