Film of the Day: Riddle of Fire

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MOVIE

Hamlet

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1996

242 minutes (4 hrs 02 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom • United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Kenneth Branagh

Starring

Rizz Abbasi · Richard Attenborough · David Blair · Brian Blessed · Kenneth Branagh · Richard Briers

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 25th December 1996

United States release: 25th December 1996

Cameroon release: 27th December 1996

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 14th Feb '97
Debut position: 7
Highest position: 7
Debut gross: £450.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

Box Office debut: 27th Dec '96
Debut position: 23
Highest position: 23
Debut gross: $147.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

14 Feb, 1997
7

21 Feb, 1997
10

28 Feb, 1997
12

7 Mar, 1997
12

14 Mar, 1997
14

21 Mar, 1997
14

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

Tous publics

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£1.1 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$4.7 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$5.7 Million

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This weeks Box Office Positions

UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 6

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

14 Feb 1997

£450,283

21 Feb 1997

10▼

£225,142

£776,739

28 Feb 1997

12▼

£112,571

£923,081

7 Mar 1997

12▲▼

£56,286

£999,067

14 Mar 1997

14▼

£28,143

£1,037,060

21 Mar 1997

14▲▼

£14,072

£1,056,761

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 2

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

27 Dec 1996

23▼

$147,321

24 Jan 1997

23▲▼

$455,728

$1,062,899

Global Box Office Info

Global Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total