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MOVIE

Reversal of Fortune

1991

111 minutes (1 hrs 51 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Starring

Glenn Close · Jeremy Irons · Ron Silver · Annabella Sciorra · Uta Hagen · Fisher Stevens

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 9th November 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 11th Jan '91
Debut position: 3
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: £988.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 10

US box office

Box Office debut: 19th Oct '90
Debut position: 16
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: $177 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

11 Jan, 1991
3

18 Jan, 1991
3

25 Jan, 1991
8

1 Feb, 1991
7

8 Feb, 1991
11

15 Feb, 1991
11

22 Feb, 1991
13

1 Mar, 1991
13

8 Mar, 1991
15

15 Mar, 1991
13

US box office

2 Nov, 1990
14

9 Nov, 1990
5

16 Nov, 1990
7

23 Nov, 1990
10

30 Nov, 1990
11

7 Dec, 1990
12

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2.8 Million

US total gross
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$10.2 Million

Global total gross
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