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The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

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1980

124 minutes (2 hrs 04 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Anthony Hopkins · John Hurt · Anne Bancroft · John Gielgud · Wendy Hiller · Freddie Jones

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 17th Oct '80
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £777.9 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 10

Chart position history

UK box office

17 Oct, 1980
1

24 Oct, 1980
1

31 Oct, 1980
1

7 Nov, 1980
2

14 Nov, 1980
1

21 Nov, 1980
1

28 Nov, 1980
1

5 Dec, 1980
1

12 Dec, 1980
2

US box office

Global box office

Total grosses

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£4.3 Million

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$0

Global total gross
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$0

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