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The Killing Fields

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1984

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Roland Joffé

Starring

Sam Waterston · Haing S. Ngor · John Malkovich · Julian Sands · Craig T. Nelson · Spalding Gray

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 23rd Nov '84
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £544.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

Box Office debut: 16th Nov '84
Debut position: 15
Highest position: 7
Debut gross: $90.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6

Chart position history

UK box office

23 Nov, 1984
1

30 Nov, 1984
2

7 Dec, 1984
3

14 Dec, 1984
4

21 Dec, 1984
5

28 Dec, 1984
6

4 Jan, 1985
6

11 Jan, 1985
7

18 Jan, 1985
7

25 Jan, 1985
8

1 Feb, 1985
8

8 Feb, 1985
8

15 Feb, 1985
10

US box office

16 Nov, 1984
15

8 Mar, 1985
7

22 Mar, 1985
10

5 Apr, 1985
15

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£1.9 Million

US total gross
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$30.6 Million

Global total gross
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