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The Last Emperor
1987
163 minutes (2 hrs 43 mins)
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Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring
John Lone ·
Joan Chen
·
Peter O'Toole
· Ruocheng Ying · Victor Wong · Dennis Dun
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
15th April 1988
Italy release
23rd October 1987
West Germany release
29th October 1987
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
26th Feb '88
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £495.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 11
US box office
Box Office debut: 1st Apr '88
Debut position: 16
Highest position: 10
Debut gross: $560.5 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4
Chart position history
UK box office
26 Feb,
1988
1
4 Mar,
1988
1
11 Mar,
1988
1
18 Mar,
1988
3
25 Mar,
1988
6
1 Apr,
1988
7
8 Apr,
1988
10
15 Apr,
1988
12
22 Apr,
1988
13
29 Apr,
1988
12
6 May,
1988
12
US box office
26 Feb,
1998
11
4 Mar,
1998
10
11 Mar,
1998
11
Global box office
Certificates
US
PG-13
16
12
14
TE
15
U
NC-16
16+
15
15+
U
K-11
R-12
12
T
14
M/12
PG12
12
M
U
12
B
11
PG-13
12
Tous publics
Livre
Total grosses
UK total gross
£1.6 Million
US total gross
$24.1 Million
Global total gross
$0
25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
Historical epic hailed 'most beautiful movie' now available to watch on Amazon Prime Video
Metro.co.uk
Fri, 6th March 2026
Filming Locations for The Last Emperor (1987), in China and Italy.
The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations
Thu, 9th May 2019
The Complicated Epic-ness of 'The Last Emperor'
Bright Wall/Dark Room
Wed, 24th April 2019
The Last Emperor: life is stranger, and nastier, than fiction
The Guardian
Wed, 15th April 2009
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The Hollywood Reporter
Tue, 20th January 2026
The Last Emperor movie review
Roger Ebert
Tue, 31st October 2017