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The Pillow Book
1996
Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
Starring
Vivian Wu · Yoshi Oida · Ken Ogata · Hideko Yoshida · Ewan McGregor · Judy Ongg
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
5
15 Nov, 1996
8
8
22 Nov, 1996
12
12
US box office
Global box office
Total grosses
UK total gross
£530.8 Thousand
£530.8 Thousand
US total gross
$2.4 Million
$2.4 Million
Global total gross
$3.1 Million
$3.1 Million 25thframe.co.uk stats
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