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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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1978

138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Richard Dreyfuss · François Truffaut · Teri Garr · Melinda Dillon · Bob Balaban · J. Patrick McNamara

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 14th December 1977

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 17th Mar '78
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £937.1 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 14

US box office

Box Office debut: 1st Sep '17
Debut position: 14
Highest position: 14
Debut gross: $1.8 Million
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

17 Mar, 1978
1

24 Mar, 1978
1

31 Mar, 1978
2

7 Apr, 1978
3

14 Apr, 1978
4

21 Apr, 1978
4

28 Apr, 1978
3

5 May, 1978
2

12 May, 1978
2

19 May, 1978
2

26 May, 1978
2

2 Jun, 1978
2

9 Jun, 1978
2

16 Jun, 1978
3

US box office

1 Sep, 2017
14

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£12.8 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$135.2 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$306.1 Million

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