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MOVIE

The Thing

1982

109 minutes (1 hrs 49 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Carpenter

Starring

Kurt Russell · Wilford Brimley · T.K. Carter · David Clennon · Keith David · Richard Dysart

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release
25th June 1982

Canada release
25th June 1982

Soviet Union release
28th June 1982

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 27th Aug '82
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £316.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 15

US box office

Box Office debut: 25th Jun '82
Debut position: 8
Highest position: 8
Debut gross: $3.1 Million
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

27 Aug, 1982
1

3 Sep, 1982
1

10 Sep, 1982
2

17 Sep, 1982
3

24 Sep, 1982
3

1 Oct, 1982
4

8 Oct, 1982
4

15 Oct, 1982
4

22 Oct, 1982
4

29 Oct, 1982
4

5 Nov, 1982
4

12 Nov, 1982
4

19 Nov, 1982
6

US box office

25 Jun, 1982
8

2 Jul, 1982
8

9 Jul, 1982
9

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

K-16

18+

13+

I.C.-14

R-18

K-18

18+

PG12

M/16

18+

M18

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£832.7 Thousand

US total gross
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$11.5 Million

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

Box Office Release Breakdown

Canada release date: 25th June 1982
USA release date: 25th June 1982
Soviet Union release date: 28th June 1982
Australia release date: 20th August 1982
New Zealand release date: 20th August 1982
Argentina release date: 26th August 1982
UK release date: 26th August 1982
Hong Kong release date: 30th September 1982
Greece release date: 20th October 1982
Sweden release date: 29th October 1982
France release date: 3rd November 1982
Denmark release date: 5th November 1982
Netherlands release date: 11th November 1982
Portugal release date: 11th November 1982
Japan release date: 13th November 1982
Colombia release date: 18th November 1982
Italy release date: 26th November 1982
Ireland release date: 28th November 1982
Uruguay release date: 2nd December 1982
India release date: 10th December 1982
Finland release date: 17th December 1982
Norway release date: 21st January 1983
Brazil release date: 3rd February 1983
Mexico release date: 2nd June 1983
Egypt release date: 10th December 1983
South Korea release date: 25th December 1983
Czechoslovakia release date: 20th November 1986
Latvia release date: 27th November 2015
Philippines release date: 25th March 2019