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The Hitcher

The Hitcher
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1986
 97 minutes (1 hrs 37 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Robert Harmon

Starring

Rutger Hauer · C. Thomas Howell · Jennifer Jason Leigh · Jeffrey DeMunn · John M. Jackson · Billy Green Bush

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 21st February 1986

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 16th May '86
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £116.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 13

Chart position history

UK box office

16 May, 1986
7
23 May, 1986
7
30 May, 1986
6
6 Jun, 1986
7
13 Jun, 1986
8
20 Jun, 1986
8
27 Jun, 1986
6
4 Jul, 1986
11
11 Jul, 1986
11
18 Jul, 1986
12
25 Jul, 1986
5
1 Aug, 1986
7
8 Aug, 1986
10

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £351.2 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $5.8 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $6.2 Million

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