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The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book
CAST & DIRECTORBOX OFFICE DATAGLOBAL RELEASESTOP GROSSINGNEWS
1996

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Peter Greenaway

Starring

Vivian Wu · Yoshi Oida · Ken Ogata · Hideko Yoshida · Ewan McGregor · Judy Ongg

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 8th Nov '96
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £300.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

8 Nov, 1996
5
15 Nov, 1996
8
22 Nov, 1996
12

US box office

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £530.8 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $2.4 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $3.1 Million

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