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2002 | DIRECTED BY PETER HEWITT

Thunderpants

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Movie Stats
Year
2002
Runtime
 87 minutes (1 hr 27 mins)
Certificates

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First viewed:
13th Mar 2016
Last viewed:
11th Mar 2026
Total views:
144
Release Dates
Ireland release date
 Ireland
24th May 2002
24 years 3 days ago
Netherlands release date
 Netherlands
26th September 2002
23 years 8 months 1 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
12th December 2002
23 years 5 months 15 days ago
Turkey release date
 Turkey
31st January 2003
23 years 3 months 27 days ago
Iceland release date
 Iceland
14th March 2003
23 years 2 months 13 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £1.9 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
433,567 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 24th May '02
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £430.9 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6
US Box Office
  • Release: No US cinema release.
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
peter hewitt Peter Hewitt
Starring
Simon CallowSir John Osgood
peter hewittStephen FrySir Anthony Silk
Celia ImrieMiss Rapier
Paul GiamattiJohnson J. Johnson
peter hewittNed BeattyGen. Ed Sheppard
Bruce CookPatrick Smash
peter hewittRupert GrintAlan A. Allen
Bronagh GallagherMrs. Smash
Victor McGuireMr. Smash
Adam GodleyPlacido P. Placeedo
Leslie PhillipsJudge
Robert HardyDoctor
John HigginsPaediatrician
Lillie CrossleyDenise, age 5
Samuel Morgan-DaviesPatrick, age 3
Daniel WilliamsPatrick, age 5
Scarlet BillhamDenise, age 7
Josh HerdmanDamon
Devon AndersonDan
Jock NortonJake
Chris StantonSmooth teacher
peter hewittAnna PopplewellDenise Smash
Mark HeenehanTodd Banner
Del SynnottMusic student
Vicki PepperdineReporter
Adrian McLoughlinBob Rodgers
Ernesto TomasiniItalian concierge
Geoffrey McGivernMetallurgist
Dick WardPrison guard
Stephen BoswellPrison Priest
John ArthurPrison governor
Glenn WragePilot
Paul RoganUSSC Scientist
Gillian MaguireEmmanuele
Alvin ChitrodaTaj
Pablo DuarteJose
Colin StintonFoster
peter hewittJohn HodgkinsonLaunch Controller 1
Nigel BettsLaunch Controller 2
Rory MacGregorLaunch Controller 3
Greg BennettJuror
Gabriel CurringtonConductor
Amy DomenicaSchool Bully
Michael FinchAstronaut Broadbent
Joe GunnSchool Student
peter hewittKeira KnightleyMusic School Student
Dominic SmithCalum
Bernadette Jane VanderkarSchool Girl
Gary WroneckiFlight Co- ordinator
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
5
Weeks top 15
6
Total weeks
6
Total UK Gross:
£1,860,002
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Thunderpants
24 May 2002
5N
£430,913
£430,913
31 May 2002
8▼
£169,692
£727,554
7 Jun 2002
7▲
£272,401
£1,561,209
14 Jun 2002
9▼
£105,102
£1,696,519
21 Jun 2002
11▼
£98,541
£1,805,300
28 Jun 2002
15▼
£44,405
£1,860,002

* 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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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£1,860,002
2941
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2942
Thunderpants
2943
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Genres
Comedy
Comedy
Family
Family
Sci-Fi
Sci-Fi
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News from around the web
YOUR REVIEWS | Thunderpants  BBC Thu, 30th May 2002

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Thunderpants Review | Movie  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

SECOND CHANCE CINEMA: 'Thunderpants'  Young Hollywood Tue, 31st July 2018

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Thunderpants (2002)  PopMatters Tue, 22nd April 2008

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