MOVIE

Wag the Dog

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1997

97 minutes (1 hrs 37 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Barry Levinson

Starring

Dustin Hoffman · Robert De Niro · Anne Heche · Woody Harrelson · Denis Leary · Willie Nelson

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 9th January 1998

United States release: 25th December 1997

United States release: 9th January 1998

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 13th Mar '98
Debut position: 11
Highest position: 11
Debut gross: £98.1 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

US box office

Box Office debut: 26th Dec '97
Debut position: 18
Highest position: 7
Debut gross: $124.2 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

13 Mar, 1998
11

20 Mar, 1998
12

27 Mar, 1998
15

US box office

30 Jan, 1998
7

6 Feb, 1998
8

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£262 Thousand

US total gross
United States Flag

$43.1 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$64.3 Million

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Box Office Release Breakdown

United States release date: 25th December 1997
United States release date: 9th January 1998
Australia release date: 5th March 1998
Spain release date: 9th March 1998
United Kingdom release date: 13th March 1998
Turkey release date: 13th March 1998
Mexico release date: 20th March 1998
Norway release date: 20th March 1998
Sweden release date: 20th March 1998
France release date: 25th March 1998
Germany release date: 26th March 1998
Iceland release date: 27th March 1998
Singapore release date: 2nd April 1998
Denmark release date: 10th April 1998
Italy release date: 10th April 1998
Netherlands release date: 23rd April 1998
Belgium release date: 29th April 1998
Brazil release date: 8th May 1998
Finland release date: 8th May 1998
Portugal release date: 8th May 1998
Poland release date: 15th May 1998
Japan release date: 23rd May 1998
Argentina release date: 28th May 1998
New Zealand release date: 28th May 1998
Ireland release date: 12th June 1998
Kuwait release date: 17th June 1998
Czech Republic release date: 16th July 1998
Slovakia release date: 16th July 1998
El Salvador release date: 17th July 1998
Russia release date: 31st July 1998
Thailand release date: 21st August 1998
South Korea release date: 12th September 1998
Lithuania release date: 9th October 1998
Hungary release date: 22nd October 1998
Estonia release date: 5th February 1999