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Torch Song Trilogy

 1988
 120 minutes (2 hrs 00 mins)
Torch Song Trilogy
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Paul Bogart

Starring

Anne Bancroft · Matthew Broderick · Harvey Fierstein · Brian Kerwin · Karen Young · Eddie Castrodad

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
14th December 1988
United States release date United States release
14th December 1988
Canada release date Canada release
10th February 1989

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 19th May '89
  • Debut position: 4
  • Highest position: 4
  • Debut gross: £162.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 16th Dec '88
  • Debut position: 15
  • Highest position: 15
  • Debut gross: $70 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

19 May, 1989
4
26 May, 1989
10
2 Jun, 1989
12
9 Jun, 1989
13

US box office

16 Dec, 1988
15

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

16

L

M

M/16

Tous publics

11

16

18

13+

Unrated

K-14

Not Rated

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £295.1 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $70 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

25thframe.co.uk stats

News from around the web
Torch Song Trilogy – review  The Guardian Sat, 16th June 2012

Torch Song Trilogy movie review  Roger Ebert Mon, 30th October 2017

Torch Song Trilogy Review  www.empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

Torch Song Trilogy  Mountain Xpress Tue, 17th March 2015

Torch Song review – pioneering gay drama still packs a punch  The Guardian Sun, 8th September 2019

Matthew Broderick Was Part of Gay History with Torch Song Trilogy  Metro Weekly Sun, 13th October 2024