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1994 | DIRECTED BY STEVEN ZAILLIAN

Searching For Bobby Fischer

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Searching For Bobby Fischer
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Movie Stats
Year
1994
Select Cast
Laurence Fishburne
Max Pomeranc
Joe Mantegna
Joan Allen
Ben Kingsley
Michael Nirenberg
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
8th Feb 2016
Last viewed:
7th Oct 2025
Total views:
54
Total Grosses
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UK total gross
  £323.2 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
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UK tickets sold
99,454 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 6th May '94
  • Debut position: 8
  • Highest position: 8
  • Debut gross: £121.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4
US Box Office
  • Release: No US cinema release.
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
steven zaillian Steven Zaillian
Starring
Max Pomeranc
Joe Mantegna
Joan Allen
Ben Kingsley
steven zaillianLaurence Fishburne
Michael Nirenberg
Robert Stephens
David Paymer
Hal Scardino
Vasek Simek
William H. Macy
Dan Hedaya
Laura Linney
Anthony Heald
Steven Randazzo
Chelsea Moore
Josh Mostel
Josh Kornbluth
Tony Shalhoub
Austin Pendleton
Tom McGowan
Ona Fletcher
Kamran Shirazi
Joel Benjamin
Roman Dzindzichashvili
Jerry Poe McClinton
Matt De Matt
Vincent Smith
Jerry Rakow
William Colgate
Tony De Santis
R.D. Reid
Anthony McGowen
Katya Waitzkin
Ryder Fleming-Jones
Harris Krofchick
John Bourgeois
Maria Ricossa
Caroline Yeager
Andrew Sardella
Nathan Carter
Nicholas Taylor
Jonathan Fazio
Nicky Mellina
Philip Neiman
Elizabeth Gropman
Bobby Fischer
Matt Birman
Robert Anthony Carswell
James Garrigan
Bruce Pandolfini
Edd Scorpio
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
8
Weeks top 15
4
Total weeks
4
Total UK Gross:
£323,225
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Searching For Bobby Fischer
6 May 1994
8N
£121,106
£121,106
13 May 1994
8▲▼
£75,691
£230,858
20 May 1994
10▼
£47,307
£284,788
27 May 1994
15▼
£29,567
£323,225

* 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
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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) ⭐ 7.3 | Biography, Drama, Sport  IMDb Sun, 22nd February 2015

Hidden Gems: Searching for Bobby Fischer  Box Office Prophets Mon, 21st November 2016

10 Bad Habits In "Searching For Bobby Fischer"  Chess.com Sun, 5th April 2015

Searching for Bobby Fischer movie review (1993)  Roger Ebert Tue, 31st October 2017

» Sports Book Hall of Fame: Searching for Bobby Fischer  Grantland Fri, 10th February 2012

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