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The Big Blue

 1988
 168 minutes (2 hrs 48 mins)
The Big Blue
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Production Country

France • Italy

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Luc Besson

Starring

Rosanna Arquette · Jean-Marc Barr · Jean Reno · Paul Shenar · Sergio Castellitto · Jean Bouise

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
19th August 1988
France release date France release
11th May 1988
United States release date United States release
19th August 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 24th Feb '89
  • Debut position: 9
  • Highest position: 9
  • Debut gross: £62.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 14th Jul '00
  • Debut position: 78
  • Highest position: 53
  • Debut gross: $14.2 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

24 Feb, 1989
9
3 Mar, 1989
11
10 Mar, 1989
14
17 Mar, 1989
15

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

S

15

14

11

10

16

M/12

13

11

Tous publics

R15+

12

M18

G

12+

PG

U

AL

12

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £144.2 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $80.9 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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News from around the web
The Big Blue - Film Review  Eye For Film Mon, 1st December 2025

Review: Luc Besson’s Ambitious ‘The Big Blue’ is Beautiful and Flawed  Medium Wed, 18th March 2026

The ethical drinker: The big blue: winemakers’ quiet ally?  Decanter Thu, 5th February 2026

Luc Besson’s The Big Blue gets a new 4K UHD release  Live for Films Mon, 13th October 2025

The Big Blue 4K Blu-ray  Blu-ray.com Sat, 25th October 2025

On the 35th Anniversary of Luc Besson’s ‘The Big Blue’ This Critic Gets Personal  We Live Entertainment Sat, 19th August 2023

New trailer for Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets, great name, great trailer for the new movie from Luc Besson

31st March 2017

Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets starring Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne gets a second trailer and it looks fantastic in the same way The Fifth Element did.

The movie is directed by French director Luc Besson who is also responsible for bringing us classics such as Nikita, Leon and The Big Blue.

The movie has a release date in the UK of 2nd August 2017 while in the US it get a release a little earlier on 21st July.