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A Fish Called Wanda

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1988

108 minutes (1 hrs 48 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Charles Crichton · John Cleese

Starring

John Cleese · Jamie Lee Curtis · Kevin Kline · Michael Palin · Maria Aitken · Tom Georgeson

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 29th July 1988

Canada release: 15th July 1988

United States release: 15th July 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 14th Oct '88
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £1 Million
Total chart weeks: 15

US box office

Box Office debut: 15th Jul '88
Debut position: 17
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: $115.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

14 Oct, 1988
2

21 Oct, 1988
1

28 Oct, 1988
1

4 Nov, 1988
1

11 Nov, 1988
1

18 Nov, 1988
1

25 Nov, 1988
4

2 Dec, 1988
6

9 Dec, 1988
8

16 Dec, 1988
11

23 Dec, 1988
10

30 Dec, 1988
12

6 Jan, 1989
13

13 Jan, 1989
13

20 Jan, 1989
14

US box office

29 Jul, 1988
11

2 Sep, 1988
3

7 Oct, 1988
5

14 Oct, 1988
6

21 Oct, 1988
8

28 Oct, 1988
8

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Tous publics

K-16

M/12

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£6.2 Million

US total gross
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$62.5 Million

Global total gross
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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 15

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

A Fish Called Wanda

14 Oct 1988

£1,018,700

21 Oct 1988

1▲

£718,594

£2,024,732

28 Oct 1988

1▲▼

£761,468

£3,128,861

4 Nov 1988

1▲▼

£670,486

£4,034,017

11 Nov 1988

1▲▼

£723,628

£4,896,945

18 Nov 1988

1▲▼

£629,032

£5,746,138

25 Nov 1988

4▼

£140,686

£5,950,133

2 Dec 1988

6▼

£74,045

£6,053,796

9 Dec 1988

8▼

£38,971

£6,108,355

16 Dec 1988

11▼

£20,511

£6,136,045

23 Dec 1988

10▲

£10,795

£6,151,698

30 Dec 1988

12▼

£5,682

£6,159,653

6 Jan 1989

13▼

£2,991

£6,163,422

13 Jan 1989

13▲▼

£1,574

£6,165,626

20 Jan 1989

14▼

£486

£6,166,331

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 8

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

15 Jul 1988

17▼

$115,418

22 Jul 1988

17▲▼

$115,076

$313,906

29 Jul 1988

11▲

$2,004,144

$2,408,924

2 Sep 1988

3▲

$5,098,053

$37,794,123

7 Oct 1988

5▼

$1,636,968

$53,318,164

14 Oct 1988

6▼

$1,160,918

$54,809,453

21 Oct 1988

8▼

$1,044,486

$56,261,708

28 Oct 1988

8▲▼

$1,044,486

$56,261,708