Film of the Day: Mental

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MOVIE

The Towering Inferno

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1974

165 minutes (2 hrs 45 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Guillermin

Starring

Paul Newman · Steve McQueen · William Holden · Faye Dunaway · Fred Astaire · Susan Blakely

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 16th December 1974

Canada release: 14th December 1974

Singapore release: 1st January 1975

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 31st Jan '75
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £896.5 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 28

Chart position history

UK box office

31 Jan, 1975
1

7 Feb, 1975
1

14 Feb, 1975
1

21 Feb, 1975
1

28 Feb, 1975
1

7 Mar, 1975
1

14 Mar, 1975
1

21 Mar, 1975
3

28 Mar, 1975
4

4 Apr, 1975
3

11 Apr, 1975
2

18 Apr, 1975
1

25 Apr, 1975
1

2 May, 1975
1

9 May, 1975
1

16 May, 1975
1

23 May, 1975
1

30 May, 1975
1

6 Jun, 1975
1

13 Jun, 1975
1

20 Jun, 1975
2

27 Jun, 1975
1

4 Jul, 1975
2

11 Jul, 1975
2

18 Jul, 1975
2

25 Jul, 1975
3

1 Aug, 1975
3

8 Aug, 1975
3

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

Tous publics

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£7.2 Million

US total gross
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Global total gross
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Box Office Release Breakdown

Canada release date: 14th December 1974
Singapore release date: 1st January 1975
United Kingdom release date: 30th January 1975
Argentina release date: 20th February 1975
Sweden release date: 3rd March 1975
West Germany release date: 6th March 1975
Italy release date: 7th March 1975
France release date: 12th March 1975
Netherlands release date: 13th March 1975
Denmark release date: 21st March 1975
Finland release date: 21st March 1975
Greece release date: 21st March 1975
Australia release date: 27th March 1975
New Zealand release date: 29th March 1975
Ireland release date: 30th May 1975
Japan release date: 7th June 1975
United Arab Emirates release date: 26th July 1975
Iran release date: 19th September 1975
Hong Kong release date: 16th October 1975
South Korea release date: 13th December 1975
Mexico release date: 1st January 1976
Thailand release date: 1st January 1976
India release date: 10th April 1976
Egypt release date: 23rd August 1978
Hungary release date: 21st September 1978
East Germany release date: 13th November 1981
Pakistan release date: 4th July 1987
China release date: 1st June 1990
Vietnam release date: 4th July 2005
Brazil release date: 9th May 2006