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Trading Places

Trading Places
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1983
 116 minutes (1 hrs 56 mins)

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Landis

Starring

Denholm Elliott · Dan Aykroyd · Maurice Woods · Richard D. Fisher Jr. · Jim Gallagher · Anthony DiSabatino

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 8th June 1983
Canada release date Canada release: 7th June 1983
United States release date United States release: 7th June 1983

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 9th Dec '83
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £515.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 16

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 10th Jun '83
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $7.3 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 19

Chart position history

UK box office

9 Dec, 1983
1
16 Dec, 1983
1
23 Dec, 1983
1
30 Dec, 1983
1
6 Jan, 1984
1
13 Jan, 1984
1
20 Jan, 1984
1
27 Jan, 1984
2
3 Feb, 1984
2
10 Feb, 1984
4
17 Feb, 1984
4
24 Feb, 1984
4
2 Mar, 1984
7
9 Mar, 1984
6
16 Mar, 1984
8
23 Mar, 1984
8

US box office

10 Jun, 1983
3
17 Jun, 1983
3
24 Jun, 1983
5
1 Jul, 1983
3
8 Jul, 1983
2
15 Jul, 1983
4
22 Jul, 1983
6
29 Jul, 1983
7
5 Aug, 1983
7
12 Aug, 1983
6
19 Aug, 1983
9
26 Aug, 1983
9
2 Sep, 1983
8
9 Sep, 1983
8
16 Sep, 1983
9
23 Sep, 1983
10
30 Sep, 1983
8
7 Oct, 1983
11
14 Oct, 1983
11

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

B15

Tous publics

T

S

M/12

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.7 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $90.4 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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