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MOVIE

St. Elmo's Fire

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1985

110 minutes (1 hrs 50 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Joel Schumacher

Starring

Rob Lowe · Demi Moore · Emilio Estevez · Ally Sheedy · Judd Nelson · Mare Winningham

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 28th June 1985

United States release: 28th June 1985

Sweden release: 20th September 1985

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 1st Nov '85
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £218.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

Box Office debut: 5th Jul '85
Debut position: 6
Highest position: 6
Debut gross: $4.1 Million
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

1 Nov, 1985
2

8 Nov, 1985
3

15 Nov, 1985
8

22 Nov, 1985
8

29 Nov, 1985
11

6 Dec, 1985
13

US box office

5 Jul, 1985
6

26 Jul, 1985
10

2 Aug, 1985
12

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

PG-12

K-16

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£808.2 Thousand

US total gross
United States Flag

$37.8 Million

Global total gross
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$39 Million

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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 6

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

St. Elmo's Fire

1 Nov 1985

£218,743

8 Nov 1985

3▼

£199,372

£487,895

15 Nov 1985

8▼

£109,686

£641,455

22 Nov 1985

8▲▼

£74,843

£731,525

29 Nov 1985

11▼

£37,422

£783,916

6 Dec 1985

13▼

£18,711

£808,240

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 3

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

5 Jul 1985

6▲

$4,060,207

$14,088,021

26 Jul 1985

10▼

$1,616,020

$26,111,818

2 Aug 1985

12▼

$1,346,770

$28,549,152