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MOVIE

The Preachers Wife

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1996

123 minutes (2 hrs 03 mins)

Production Country

United States

Production Studio

Touchstone Pictures

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Penny Marshall

Starring

Denzel Washington · Whitney Houston · Courtney B. Vance · Gregory Hines · Jenifer Lewis · Loretta Devine

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 13th December 1996

United States release: 13th December 1996

Japan release: 21st December 1996

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 17th Jan '97
Debut position: 9
Highest position: 9
Debut gross: £171.2 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

Box Office debut: 13th Dec '96
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 4
Debut gross: $7.6 Million
Total chart weeks: 6

Chart position history

UK box office

17 Jan, 1997
9

24 Jan, 1997
12

31 Jan, 1997
14

7 Feb, 1997
14

US box office

13 Dec, 1996
4

20 Dec, 1996
6

27 Dec, 1996
7

3 Jan, 1997
8

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£345.7 Thousand

US total gross
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$48.1 Million

Global total gross
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Box Office Release Breakdown

United States release date: 13th December 1996
Japan release date: 21st December 1996
Germany release date: 16th January 1997
United Kingdom release date: 17th January 1997
Ireland release date: 17th January 1997
Poland release date: 7th February 1997
New Zealand release date: 20th February 1997
Spain release date: 21st February 1997
Italy release date: 21st February 1997
South Africa release date: 21st February 1997
South Korea release date: 22nd February 1997
Taiwan release date: 22nd February 1997
Australia release date: 27th February 1997
Portugal release date: 28th February 1997
Estonia release date: 7th March 1997
Turkey release date: 21st March 1997
Brazil release date: 4th April 1997
Singapore release date: 24th April 1997
Argentina release date: 22nd May 1997
Mexico release date: 30th May 1997
Belgium release date: 30th October 1997
Sweden release date: 21st November 1997
France release date: 24th December 1997
Hungary release date: 25th December 1997
Finland release date: 29th April 1998
Czech Republic release date: 3rd November 1999
Russia release date: 2nd August 2011
Canada release date: 22nd February 2021