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The Hitcher

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1986

97 minutes (1 hrs 37 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Robert Harmon

Starring

Rutger Hauer · C. Thomas Howell · Jennifer Jason Leigh · Jeffrey DeMunn · John M. Jackson · Billy Green Bush

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 21st February 1986

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 16th May '86
Debut position: 7
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: £116.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 13

Chart position history

UK box office

16 May, 1986
7

23 May, 1986
7

30 May, 1986
6

6 Jun, 1986
7

13 Jun, 1986
8

20 Jun, 1986
8

27 Jun, 1986
6

4 Jul, 1986
11

11 Jul, 1986
11

18 Jul, 1986
12

25 Jul, 1986
5

1 Aug, 1986
7

8 Aug, 1986
10

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£351.2 Thousand

US total gross
United States Flag

$5.8 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$6.2 Million

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