MOVIE

The Handmaid's Tale

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1990

108 minutes (1 hrs 48 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Volker Schlondorff

Starring

Natasha Richardson · Faye Dunaway · Aidan Quinn · Elizabeth McGovern · Victoria Tennant · Robert Duvall

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 9th March 1990

Canada release: 9th March 1990

Argentina release: 31st May 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 2nd Nov '90
Debut position: 10
Highest position: 10
Debut gross: £75.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 5

US box office

Box Office debut: 9th Mar '90
Debut position: 12
Highest position: 12
Debut gross: $738.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

2 Nov, 1990
10

9 Nov, 1990
11

16 Nov, 1990
12

23 Nov, 1990
14

US box office

9 Mar, 1990
12

16 Mar, 1990
14

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£162.1 Thousand

US total gross
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$1.8 Million

Global total gross
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