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The Pillow Book

 1996
The Pillow Book
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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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News from around the web
The Dink to Wicked Little Letters: the seven best films to watch on TV this week  theguardian.com Fri, 17th July 2026

"I Leapt Into the Puddle": An Interview with Peter Greenaway  IMDb Fri, 1st May 2026

Parfait Melange: Process in The Pillow Book  Bright Wall/Dark Room Mon, 13th July 2020

At the Cinémathèque: 'The Pillow Book' (Peter Greenaway, 1996) |  Vague Visages Fri, 19th August 2016

A Zed & Two Noughts  Reverse Shot Fri, 2nd April 2021

Peter Greenaway  bombmagazine.org Tue, 1st July 1997