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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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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 7

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

The Sheltering Sky

30 Nov 1990

£393,001

7 Dec 1990

3▲

£170,870

£632,219

14 Dec 1990

7▼

£74,291

£736,226

21 Dec 1990

10▼

£32,300

£778,216

28 Dec 1990

8▲

£21,533

£815,399

4 Jan 1991

6▲

£14,355

£834,778

11 Jan 1991

11▼

£7,178

£844,109

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 3

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

14 Dec 1990

14▼

$82,753

4 Jan 1991

16▼

$202,244

$616,446

11 Jan 1991

17▼

$364,241

$1,053,385