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Whale Rider

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

2003

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Niki Caro

Starring

Keisha Castle-Hughes · Rawiri Paratene · Vicky Haughton · Cliff CurtisGrant Roa

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 11th Jul '03
Debut position: 7
Highest position: 7
Debut gross: £121.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

Box Office debut: 6th Jun '03
Debut position: 32
Highest position: 13
Debut gross: $137.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 25

Chart position history

UK box office

11 Jul, 2003
7

18 Jul, 2003
8

25 Jul, 2003
11

1 Aug, 2003
13

US box office

20 Jun, 2003
15

27 Jun, 2003
14

4 Jul, 2003
13

11 Jul, 2003
14

18 Jul, 2003
15

25 Jul, 2003
14

1 Aug, 2003
15

8 Aug, 2003
13

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£896.3 Thousand

US total gross
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$20.8 Million

Global total gross
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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 4

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Whale Rider

11 Jul 2003

£121,610

18 Jul 2003

8▼

£150,609

£390,022

25 Jul 2003

11▼

£145,690

£687,531

1 Aug 2003

13▼

£76,734

£896,301

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 25

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

6 Jun 2003

32▼

$137,418

13 Jun 2003

29▲

$161,003

$356,658

20 Jun 2003

15▲

$602,332

$1,048,695

27 Jun 2003

14▲

$977,791

$2,303,543

4 Jul 2003

13▲

$1,242,123

$4,140,861

11 Jul 2003

14▼

$1,089,334

$5,800,911

18 Jul 2003

15▼

$1,356,525

$7,735,642

25 Jul 2003

14▲

$1,085,258

$9,577,687

1 Aug 2003

15▼

$1,108,798

$11,303,967

8 Aug 2003

13▲

$927,408

$12,836,967

15 Aug 2003

17▼

$721,540

$14,053,529

22 Aug 2003

21▼

$616,795

$15,054,289

29 Aug 2003

17▲

$1,103,454

$16,492,025

5 Sep 2003

18▼

$894,293

$18,129,128

12 Sep 2003

20▼

$633,318

$19,101,182

19 Sep 2003

24▼

$390,728

$19,696,877

26 Sep 2003

29▼

$209,589

$20,055,214

3 Oct 2003

32▼

$158,411

$20,308,150

10 Oct 2003

37▼

$105,332

$20,480,971

17 Oct 2003

44▼

$60,904

$20,596,685

24 Oct 2003

53▼

$40,382

$20,661,128

31 Oct 2003

68▼

$21,136

$20,702,778

7 Nov 2003

78▼

$14,054

$20,726,326

14 Nov 2003

73▲

$13,319

$20,759,517

21 Nov 2003

90▼

$7,483

$20,772,796