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1981 | DIRECTED BY CHARLES JARROTT

The Amateur

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Movie Stats
Year
1981
Select Cast
John Savage
Christopher Plummer
Marthe Keller
Arthur Hill
Nicholas Campbell
George Coe
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First viewed:
6th Feb 2016
Last viewed:
9th Jan 2025
Total views:
68
Total Grosses
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US total gross
  $6.3 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
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US tickets sold
2.3 Million aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Release: No UK cinema release.
US Box Office
  • Debut weekend: 12th Mar '82
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 7
  • Debut gross: $1.1 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 3
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
charles jarrott Charles Jarrott
Starring
John Savage
Christopher Plummer
Marthe Keller
Arthur Hill
Nicholas Campbell
George Coe
John Marley
Jan Rubes
Ed Lauter
Miguel Fernandes
Jan Trska
Graham Jarvis
Jacques Godin
Chapelle Jaffe
Lynne Griffin
Vladimr Valenta
Vlasta Vrana
Neil Dainard
Lee Broker
Tedde Moore
Maruska Stankova
Irna Mayeska
George Buza
George R. Robertson
John Kerr
Guy Sanvido
Robert Beatty
Walter Reyer
Peter Wolsdorff
Henry Gomez
Erin Noble
Lisa Schrage
Susan Young
Anthony Kramreither
Paul Reymont
Aubrey Taylor
Roman Chabursky
Bob Lem
Fred Culik
Peter Langley
Harry Hornisch
Helmut Grf
Wally Bondarenko
Zdenek Gruner
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UK Box Office Chart History
No UK box office info

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

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
7
Weeks top 15
3
Total Weeks
3
Total US Gross:
$6,283,669
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
12 Mar 1982
7N
$1,052,963
$1,052,963
19 Mar 1982
11▼
$522,235
$5,819,799
26 Mar 1982
10▲
$286,955
$6,283,669

* 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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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£0
34271
Highpoint
34272
The Amateur
34273
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Genres
Crime
Crime
Thriller
Thriller
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