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1979 | DIRECTED BY DON SIEGEL

Escape From Alcatraz

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Movie Stats
Year
1979
Select Cast
Clint Eastwood
Patrick McGoohan
Roberts Blossom
Jack Thibeau
Fred Ward
Paul Benjamin
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
2nd May 2016
Last viewed:
3rd Jul 2025
Total views:
71
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £223.3 Thousand
United States Flag
US total gross
  $43 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
197,596 aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
17.1 Million aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 2nd Nov '79
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: £110.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 9
US Box Office
  • Debut weekend: 22nd Jun '79
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $5.3 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 1
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
don siegel Don Siegel
Starring
don siegelClint Eastwood
Patrick McGoohan
Roberts Blossom
Jack Thibeau
Fred Ward
Paul Benjamin
Larry Hankin
Bruce M. Fischer
Frank Ronzio
Fred Stuthman
David Cryer
Madison Arnold
Blair Burrows
Bob Balhatchet
Matthew Locricchio
Don Michaelian
Ray K. Goman
Jason Ronard
Ed Vasgersian
Ron Vernan
Regina Baff
Hank Brandt
Candace Bowen
Joe Miksak
Stephen Bradley
Garry Goodrow
Ross Reynolds
Al Dunlap
Denis Berkfeldt
Jim Haynie
Tony Dario
Fritz Manes
Dana Derfus
Don Cummins
Gordon Handforth
John Scanlon
Don Watters
Dan Leegant
Joe Knowland
James Collier
R.J. Ganzert
Robert Hirschfeld
Lloyd Nelson
George Orrison
Gary Warren
Joseph Whipp
Terry Wills
John Garabedian
Dale Alvarez
Sheldon Feldner
Danny Glover
Carl Lumbly
Patrick Valentino
Gilbert Thomas Jr.
Eugene Jackson
Lars Hensen

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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
3
Weeks top 15
9
Total weeks
9
Total UK Gross:
£223,284
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Escape From Alcatraz
2 Nov 1979
3N
£110,586
£110,586
9 Nov 1979
6▼
£33,821
£157,935
16 Nov 1979
5▲
£26,765
£196,744
23 Nov 1979
7▼
£11,500
£212,269
30 Nov 1979
7▲▼
£5,500
£220,244
7 Dec 1979
7▲▼
£1,050
£221,767
14 Dec 1979
8▼
£800
£222,684
21 Dec 1979
11▼
£300
£223,074
28 Dec 1979
8▲
£150
£223,284

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
2
Weeks top 15
1
Total Weeks
1
Total US Gross:
$43,000,000
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
22 Jun 1979
2N
$5,306,354
$5,306,354

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
No global box office info
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