MOVIE

The Sheltering Sky

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1990

138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Bernardo Bertolucci

Starring

Debra Winger · John Malkovich · Campbell Scott · Jill Bennett · Timothy Spall · Eric Vu-An

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 12th December 1990

Germany release: 25th October 1990

Austria release: 26th October 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 30th Nov '90
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: £393 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 7

US box office

Box Office debut: 14th Dec '90
Debut position: 14
Highest position: 14
Debut gross: $82.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

30 Nov, 1990
4

7 Dec, 1990
3

14 Dec, 1990
7

21 Dec, 1990
10

28 Dec, 1990
8

4 Jan, 1991
6

11 Jan, 1991
11

US box office

14 Dec, 1990
14

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£844.1 Thousand

US total gross
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$1.1 Million

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

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Last viewed:
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