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1981 | DIRECTED BY ROBERT REDFORD

Ordinary People

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Ordinary People
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Movie Stats
Year
1981
Runtime
 124 minutes (2 hrs 04 mins)
Select Cast
Donald Sutherland
Mary Tyler Moore
Judd Hirsch
Timothy Hutton
M. Emmet Walsh
Elizabeth McGovern
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
7th May 2016
Last viewed:
13th Jan 2025
Total views:
86
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £1.7 Million
United States Flag
US total gross
  $54.8 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
1.1 Million aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
19.7 Million aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 6th Mar '81
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £512.8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 7
US Box Office
  • Release: No US cinema release.
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
robert redford Robert Redford
Starring
robert redfordDonald Sutherland
Mary Tyler Moore
Judd Hirsch
Timothy Hutton
M. Emmet Walsh
Elizabeth McGovern
Dinah Manoff
Fredric Lehne
James Sikking
Basil Hoffman
Quinn K. Redeker
Mariclare Costello
Meg Mundy
Elizabeth Hubbard
Adam Baldwin
Richard Whiting
Scott Doebler
Carl DiTomasso
Tim Clarke
Ken Dishner
Lisa Smyth
Ann Eggert
Randall Robbins
Cynthia Baker
John Stimpson
Liz Kinney
Steven Hirsch
Rudy Hornish
Clarissa Downey
Cynthia Burke
Jane Alderman
Paul Preston
Gustave Lachenauer
Marilyn Rockafellow
Don Billett
Ronald Solomon
Virginia Long
Paula Segal
Estelle Meyers
Stuart Shiff
Rose Wool
Douglas Kinney
Constance Addington
Edwin Bederman
Bobby Coyne
Michael Creadon
Randy De Troit
Michael T. Weiss
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
1
Weeks at No.1
1
Weeks top 15
7
Total weeks
7
Total UK Gross:
£1,721,507
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Ordinary People
6 Mar 1981
1N
£512,782
£512,782
13 Mar 1981
2▼
£456,391
£1,106,090
20 Mar 1981
2▲▼
£228,196
£1,436,974
27 Mar 1981
3▼
£114,098
£1,585,301
3 Apr 1981
3▲▼
£57,049
£1,662,317
10 Apr 1981
6▼
£28,525
£1,702,252
17 Apr 1981
6▲▼
£14,263
£1,721,507

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

North American Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* 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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UK total gross
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US total gross
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Genres
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News from around the web
Remembering Robert Redford and ‘Ordinary People,’ his devastating, nearly perfect film  America Magazine Wed, 17th September 2025

Why is ‘Ordinary People’ on Pope Leo’s list? A review and a guess  aleteia.org Fri, 14th November 2025

Ordinary People Blu-ray  Blu-ray.com Tue, 18th November 2025

Robert Redford’s Ordinary People Was More Than Oscar Bait  Vulture Wed, 17th September 2025

Why Robert Redford cut Donald Sutherland's "virtuosic" scene  Far Out Magazine Thu, 17th July 2025

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