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Raiders of the Lost Ark

 1981
 115 minutes (1 hrs 55 mins)
Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Starring

Harrison Ford · Karen Allen · Paul Freeman · Ronald Lacey · John Rhys-Davies · Denholm Elliott

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 31st Jul '81
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £983.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 17

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 12th Jun '81
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: $8.3 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 24

Chart position history

UK box office

31 Jul, 1981
1
7 Aug, 1981
1
14 Aug, 1981
1
21 Aug, 1981
2
28 Aug, 1981
2
4 Sep, 1981
3
11 Sep, 1981
3
18 Sep, 1981
4
25 Sep, 1981
3
2 Oct, 1981
4
9 Oct, 1981
4
16 Oct, 1981
7
23 Oct, 1981
7
30 Oct, 1981
7
6 Nov, 1981
7
13 Nov, 1981
8
11 Sep, 2026
9

US box office

12 Jun, 1981
1
19 Jun, 1981
3
8 Jan, 1982
6
15 Jan, 1982
6
22 Jan, 1982
5
29 Jan, 1982
5
5 Feb, 1982
7
12 Feb, 1982
6
19 Feb, 1982
6
26 Feb, 1982
5
5 Mar, 1982
5
12 Mar, 1982
5
16 Jul, 1982
2
23 Jul, 1982
5
30 Jul, 1982
10
6 Aug, 1982
13
3 Sep, 1982
11
25 Mar, 1983
10
1 Apr, 1983
11
8 Apr, 1983
12
7 Sep, 2012
14

Global box office

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Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £3.1 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $248.2 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $383.9 Million

25thframe.co.uk stats

News from around the web

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has dropped from the top spot after six weeks, making way for the Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman romantic comedy Practical Magic 2.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Practical Magic 2 (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Practical Magic 2 (@1)
  • Longest run - Toy Story 5 (13 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Spider-Man: Brand New Day (£98,117,216)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The End of Oak Street (62%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £11,532,777
  • Also new this weekend
    • Fall 2: Deadpoint
    • Runner
    • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 11th - 13th September 2026

Practical Magic 2

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £2,798,771 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of September
  • The movie is a sequel to Practical Magic which took £1,001,536 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

Don't Look Back In Anger

  • The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £2,656,988 over its debut weekend

Pressure~2026

  • The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £2,058,089 over its debut weekend

The Odyssey

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £889,732 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £84,545,888 over 9 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is the 10th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £839,515 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £98,117,216 over 7 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
  • The movie is a sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home which took £90,037,243 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.

The Steven Spielberg directed biopic The Fabelmans has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language.

The movie stars Michelle Williams who was most recently seen in Venom: Let There Be Carnage and has previously starred in The Greatest Showman and Paul Dano aho has appeared most recently in The Batman and is also known for Looper.

The movie is directed by veteran director Stephen Spielberg who has directed many many movie including ET The Extra Terrestrial and Raiders of the Lost Ark to name a few.

Movie Synopsis

Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth". Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his own films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: The Fabelmans
  • BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
  • Reason: racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language
  • Release date: 27th January 2023
  • Runtime: 151 minutes (2 hour 31 minutes)
  • Directed by:
    • Steven Spielberg
  • Starring:
    • Michelle Williams
    • Paul Dano
    • Seth Rogen

BBFC movie page

The man is a legend in the Star Wars universe but Harrison Ford wasn't at the Star Wars Celebration conference to talk Star Wars, he was there to talk Indiana Jones.

During the pre-conference show the actor who is best known to Star Wars fans for playing the legendary Han Solo took to the stage to reveal the first image from the new James Mangold directed movie.

He was also there to say happy 90th birthday to composer John Williams who was on hand with an orchestra, the legendary composer is not only responsible for composing the Star Wars theme but also the theme for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first movie to feature the Indiana Jones character.

The fifth movie in the series is set for a June 30th 2023 release, it is directed by James Mangold who takes over from series director Steven Spielberg, and Harrison Ford reprises his role as the title character.