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MOVIE

WarGames

1983

114 minutes (1 hrs 54 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

Production Country

United States

Production Studio

United Artists

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Badham

Starring

Matthew Broderick · Dabney Coleman · John Wood · Ally Sheedy · Barry Corbin · Juanin Clay

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 3rd June 1983

United States release: 3rd June 1983

Argentina release: 7th July 1983

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 19th Aug '83
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £620.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 17

US box office

Box Office debut: 3rd Jun '83
Debut position: 3
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: $6.2 Million
Total chart weeks: 17

Chart position history

UK box office

19 Aug, 1983
1

26 Aug, 1983
2

2 Sep, 1983
2

9 Sep, 1983
1

16 Sep, 1983
1

23 Sep, 1983
3

30 Sep, 1983
3

7 Oct, 1983
4

14 Oct, 1983
4

21 Oct, 1983
7

28 Oct, 1983
7

4 Nov, 1983
8

11 Nov, 1983
9

18 Nov, 1983
9

25 Nov, 1983
9

2 Dec, 1983
10

9 Dec, 1983
11

US box office

3 Jun, 1983
3

10 Jun, 1983
5

17 Jun, 1983
5

24 Jun, 1983
7

1 Jul, 1983
7

8 Jul, 1983
6

15 Jul, 1983
5

22 Jul, 1983
7

29 Jul, 1983
10

5 Aug, 1983
11

12 Aug, 1983
8

19 Aug, 1983
12

26 Aug, 1983
13

2 Sep, 1983
10

9 Sep, 1983
10

16 Sep, 1983
11

23 Sep, 1983
13

Global box office

Certificates

Atp

NRC

K-12

Tous publics

Apt

M/12

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2.2 Million

US total gross
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$79.6 Million

Global total gross
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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position

UK total gross
£2,182,103

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US total gross
$79,567,667

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Genres

Action

Drama

Sci-Fi