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The 400 Blows
1959
99 minutes (1 hrs 39 mins)
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Directed by
Starring
Jean-Pierre Leaud · Claire Maurier · Albert Rmy · Guy Decomble · Georges FlamantPatrick Auffay
Release dates
US release16th November 1959
France release3rd June 1959
Uruguay release5th August 1959
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
- Debut box office: 7th Jan '22
- Debut position: 16
- Highest position: 16
- Debut gross: £13.6 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 1
Chart position history
UK box office
US box office
Global box office
Certificates
US
Not Rated
Not Rated
Total grosses
UK total gross
£13.6 Thousand
£13.6 Thousand
US total gross
$0
$0
Global total gross
$167.8 Thousand
$167.8 Thousand 25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
The 400 Blows | Plot, Cast, Crew, & Facts Britannica Mon, 10th August 2026Classic Film Review: Peak “Nouvelle Vague,” Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows” (1959) rogersmovienation.com Thu, 22nd January 2026The beach that gave us cinema’s most indelible closing sequence Far Out Magazine Fri, 10th April 2026The 400 Blows review – François Truffaut’s coming-of-age masterwork The Guardian Thu, 6th January 2022The intoxicating humanism of Truffaut’s Les 400 Coups Engelsberg Ideas Thu, 27th January 2022‘The 400 Blows,’ a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes (Published 2022) The New York Times Wed, 21st September 2022