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MOVIE
Red Corner
1997
122 minutes (2 hrs 02 mins)
CAST & DIRECTOR
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Production Country
United States
Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Jon Avnet
Starring
Richard Gere
· Bai Ling · Bradley Whitford · Byron Mann · Peter Donat · Robert Stanton
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
31st October 1997
United States release
31st October 1997
Spain release
7th January 1998
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
5th Jun '98
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 4
Debut gross: £200.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3
US box office
Box Office debut: 31st Oct '97
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: $7.4 Million
Total chart weeks: 3
Chart position history
UK box office
5 Jun,
1998
4
12 Jun,
1998
10
19 Jun,
1998
14
US box office
31 Oct,
1997
2
7 Nov,
1997
5
14 Nov,
1997
8
Global box office
Certificates
US
R
(Banned)
K-16
KT/EA
16
Tous publics
14
15
12
NC-16
M/12
T
B
15
13
12
M
13
12
15
Total grosses
UK total gross
£404.3 Thousand
US total gross
$19.2 Million
Global total gross
$0
25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
Red Corner (1997)
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Fri, 7th August 2026
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Fri, 7th October 2022
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Thu, 4th December 2025
US release
United States release
Spain release
£404.3 Thousand $19.2 Million 
$0