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1988 | DIRECTED BY CHARLES STURRIDGE

A Handful of Dust

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Movie Stats
Year
1988
Select Cast
James Wilby
Kristin Scott Thomas
Richard Beale
Jackson Kyle
Norman Lumsden
Jeanne Watts
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First viewed:
7th May 2016
Last viewed:
2nd Jul 2025
Total views:
69
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £1.1 Million
United States Flag
US total gross
  $1.6 Million
Global Flag
Global total gross
  $2.6 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
495,916 aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
379,732 aprox.
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Global tickets sold
No data
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 24th Jun '88
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: £572.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 5
US Box Office
  • Release: No US cinema release.
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
charles sturridge Charles Sturridge
Starring
James Wilby
Kristin Scott Thomas
Richard Beale
Jackson Kyle
Norman Lumsden
Jeanne Watts
Kate Percival
Richard Leech
Roger Milner
Tristram Jellinek
Anjelica Huston
Rupert Graves
charles sturridgeJudi Dench
Pip Torrens
Beatie Edney
charles sturridgeStephen Fry
Graham Crowden
John Quentin
Timothy Bateson
Moyra Fraser
Marsha Fitzalan
Annabel Brooks
Tamsin Olivier
Maureen Bennett
Hugh Simon
Alan Hay
Matthew Ryan
Cathryn Harrison
Alice Dawnay
John Junkin
Peggy Aitchison
Christopher Godwin
Jeannette Baillie
Julian Infante
Wiliam Gonzalez
charles sturridgeAlec Guinness
Giles Bickford
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
3
Weeks top 15
5
Total weeks
5
Total UK Gross:
£1,140,606
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
A Handful of Dust
24 Jun 1988
3N
£572,257
£572,257
1 Jul 1988
4▼
£248,807
£933,027
8 Jul 1988
5▼
£108,177
£1,079,066
15 Jul 1988
8▼
£47,033
£1,113,000
22 Jul 1988
11▼
£20,449
£1,140,606

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

North American Box Office Chart History
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* 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.

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UK total gross
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Genres
Drama
Drama
Romance
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News from around the web
A Handful Of Dust movie review (1988)  Roger Ebert Mon, 30th October 2017

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A Handful of Dust  film-authority.com Sat, 22nd July 2023

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