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The Pillow Book

1996

The Pillow Book

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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Peter Greenaway

Starring

Vivian Wu · Yoshi Oida · Ken Ogata · Hideko Yoshida · Ewan McGregor · Judy Ongg

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 8th Nov '96
Debut position: 5
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: £300.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

8 Nov, 1996
5

15 Nov, 1996
8

22 Nov, 1996
12

US box office

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£530.8 Thousand

US total gross
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$2.4 Million

Global total gross
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$3.1 Million

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