Film of the Day: Barbaric Genius

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MOVIE

Heat and Dust

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1983

130 minutes (2 hrs 10 mins)

Production Studio

Merchant Ivory Productions

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

James Ivory

Starring

Julie Christie · Greta Scacchi · Shashi Kapoor · Nickolas Grace · Christopher Cazenove · Zakir Hussain

Full cast & crew

Release dates

Australia release: 4th August 1983

Portugal release: 4th August 1983

France release: 24th August 1983

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 7th Jan '83
Debut position: 3
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: £51.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 12

US box office

Box Office debut: 1st Sep '17
Debut position: 78
Highest position: 78
Debut gross: $10.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

7 Jan, 1983
3

14 Jan, 1983
3

21 Jan, 1983
3

28 Jan, 1983
4

4 Feb, 1983
4

11 Feb, 1983
5

18 Feb, 1983
7

25 Feb, 1983
6

4 Mar, 1983
7

11 Mar, 1983
6

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Tous publics

K-12

M/12

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£266.2 Thousand

US total gross
United States Flag

$1.8 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$2.1 Million

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Box Office Release Breakdown

Australia release date: 4th August 1983
Portugal release date: 4th August 1983
France release date: 24th August 1983
Denmark release date: 9th September 1983
Finland release date: 13th April 1984
Japan release date: 30th July 1988
Singapore release date: 29th February 1996