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They Live

They Live
1989

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Carpenter

Starring

Roddy Piper · Keith David · Meg Foster · George Buck Flower · Peter Jason · Raymond St. Jacques

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 23rd Jun '89
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £238.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 5

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 4th Nov '88
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: $4.8 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

23 Jun, 1989
5
30 Jun, 1989
7
7 Jul, 1989
8
14 Jul, 1989
9
21 Jul, 1989
13

US box office

4 Nov, 1988
1
11 Nov, 1988
4
18 Nov, 1988
11

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £514.6 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $12.3 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Check out the new English language trailer for upcoming movie The Boy and the Heron which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

  • It stars among others Christian Bale (Vice) and Dave Bautista (Knock At the Cabin)
  • It is directed by Hayao Miyazaki (The Castle of Cagliostro)
  • The movie also stars Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe and Karen Fukuhara
  • The UK release date is 26th December 2023
  • And the release date in North America is 8th December 2023
  • Christian Bale and Dave Bautista appeared together in Thor: Love and Thunder

Synopsis for The Boy and the Heron

In 1943, during the Pacific War, 12-year-old Mahito Maki's mother Hisako is killed in a fire. Mahito's father Shoichi, an air munitions factory owner, remarries his late wife's younger sister Natsuko, and they evacuate to her estate in the countryside where they live with several old maids.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

A new poster has been released for upcoming western release of the Japanese movie The Boy and the Heron which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

  • It stars among others Christian Bale (Laurel Canyon) and Dave Bautista (Army of the Dead)
  • It is directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Castle In the Sky)
  • The movie also stars Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe and Karen Fukuhara
  • The UK release date is 26th December 2023
  • And the release date in North America is 8th December 2023
  • Christian Bale and Dave Bautista appeared together in Thor: Love and Thunder

Synopsis for The Boy and the Heron

In 1943, during the Pacific War, 12-year-old Mahito Maki's mother Hisako is killed in a fire. Mahito's father Shoichi, an air munitions factory owner, remarries his late wife's younger sister Natsuko, and they evacuate to her estate in the countryside where they live with several old maids.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.