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Primary Colors

 1998
 143 minutes (2 hrs 23 mins)
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Production Country

United Kingdom • France • Germany • Japan • United States

Production Studio

Universal Pictures

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Mike Nichols

Starring

John Travolta · Emma Thompson · Billy Bob Thornton · Kathy Bates · Adrian Lester · Maura Tierney

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
20th March 1998
Canada release date Canada release
20th March 1998
United States release date United States release
20th March 1998

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 30th Oct '98
  • Debut position: 10
  • Highest position: 10
  • Debut gross: £238.9 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 2

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 20th Mar '98
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $12 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 5

Chart position history

UK box office

30 Oct, 1998
10
6 Nov, 1998
14

US box office

20 Mar, 1998
2
27 Mar, 1998
3
3 Apr, 1998
5
8 May, 1998
15

Global box office

Certificates


PG-13

AL

13

6+

S

7

7

14

PG

Tous publics

13

M

KT/EA

M18

MA

M/12

L

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £497.5 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $39 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

25thframe.co.uk stats

News from around the web
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‘Primary Colors’: THR’s 1998 Review  The Hollywood Reporter Wed, 20th March 2019

Primary Colors Review  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

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PRIMARY COLORS – A Mike Nichols Film  The-Solute Thu, 20th November 2014