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Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners
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1986

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Julien Temple

Starring

Patsy Kensit · Eddie O'Connell · David Bowie · James Fox · Ray Davies · Mandy Rice-Davies

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 4th Apr '86
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: £145.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 18th Apr '86
  • Debut position: 15
  • Highest position: 15
  • Debut gross: $83.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

4 Apr, 1986
3
11 Apr, 1986
6
18 Apr, 1986
6
25 Apr, 1986
7
2 May, 1986
8
9 May, 1986
11
16 May, 1986
12
23 May, 1986
12

US box office

18 Apr, 1986
15

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £572.6 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $83.7 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Directed By

Director
Role
Julien Temple
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
Patsy Kensit
Eddie O'Connell
David Bowie
James Fox
Ray Davies
Mandy Rice-Davies
Eve Ferret
Tony Hippolyte
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Joseph McKenna
Steven Berkoff
Sade
Edward Tudor-Pole
Bruce Payne
Alan Freeman
Anita Morris
Paul Rhys
Julian Firth
Chris Pitt
Lionel Blair
Gary Beadle
Robbie Coltrane
Jess Conrad
Smiley Culture
Ronald Fraser
Slim Gaillard
Irene Handl
Peter-Hugo Daly
Amanda Jane Powell
Johnny Shannon
Sylvia Syms
Ekow Abban
Robert Austin
Gerry Alexander
Jim Dunk
Johnny Edge
Carmen Ejogo
Paul Fairminer
Hugo First
Pat Hartley
Astley Harvey
Colin Jeavons
Alfred Maron
G.B. Zoot Money
Sandie Shaw
Bruno Tonioli
Roland Alexander
Shaun Alexander
Ayo Antaeus
John Aron
Hoyle Baker
Chris Baldock
Andree Bernard
Warren Bird
Richard Bodkin
Timothy Brennan
Mo Bright
Roland Brine
Kelvin Carter
Imogen Claire
Clive Clarke
Kirsty Davide
Vince Debono
Dennis Elcock
Sylvia Ellis
King Masher Fontaine
Wayne Fowkes
David Foreman
Lucille Gaye
Elliot Gilbert
John Gordon
Lorna Gray
John Greaves
Robert Grimsey
Robert Grose
Michael Ho
Isobel Hurll
Johnny Hutch
Kim St. James
Peter Jessup
Clive Johnson
Chua Kaa-Joo
Val Joeph
Trevor Kelly
Tony Kemp
Chrissie Kendall
Olivia Komlosy
Viv Law
Madeleine Lawrence
Paul Leonard
Kenny Linden
Tom Lock
Tricia Lockhart
Jerry Manley
Peyton Martin
Robin Martyne
Jack Migdalek
Bob Newent
Albin Pahernik
Neil Patterson
William Perrie
Shanti Ruchpaul
Corinne Russell
Les Saxon
Gary Sellars
Alan Spencer
Chris Sullivan
Paul Telford
Michelle Thorne
Christina Thornton
Carl Trevors
Oke Wambu
Anthony Wellington
Elizabeth Wendon
John Willet
Sabra Williams
Barrie J. Wilkinson
Glen Wilkinson
Barrie Young
David Morgan Young
Lynne Hazelden
Deborah Leng
Derek Lyons
Eric Sykes