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Critters
1986
86 minutes (1 hrs 26 mins)
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Directed by
Stephen Herek
Starring
Dee Wallace · M. Emmet Walsh · Billy Green Bush ·
Scott Grimes
· Nadine Van der Velde · Don Keith Opper
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
11th April 1986
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
28th Nov '86
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £273.2 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6
US box office
Box Office debut: 18th Apr '86
Debut position: 9
Highest position: 6
Debut gross: $1.1 Million
Total chart weeks: 6
Chart position history
UK box office
28 Nov,
1986
2
5 Dec,
1986
6
12 Dec,
1986
10
19 Dec,
1986
11
26 Dec,
1986
11
2 Jan,
1987
13
US box office
18 Apr,
1986
9
2 May,
1986
6
9 May,
1986
10
16 May,
1986
9
30 May,
1986
8
6 Jun,
1986
12
Global box office
Other movies in this series
Critters
Critters 2
Critters 3
Critters 4
Critters Attack
Certificates
US
PG-13
Total grosses
UK total gross
£529.9 Thousand
US total gross
$10.3 Million
Global total gross
$0
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