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1983 | DIRECTED BY WOODY ALLEN

Zelig

AKA
Identity Crisis and Its Relationship to Personality Disorder
The Cat's Pyjamas
The Chameleon Man
The Changing Man
?????
Movie Stats
Year
1983
Runtime
 79 minutes (1 hr 19 mins)
Certificates

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PG
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Salty Popcorn Stats
First viewed:
23rd Jun 2023
Last viewed:
22nd Jun 2025
Total views:
5
Release Dates
Argentina release date
 Argentina
25th August 1983
42 years 1 months 9 days ago
Canada release date
 Canada
2nd September 1983
42 years 1 months 1 days ago
France release date
 France
14th September 1983
42 years 19 days ago
Italy release date
 Italy
23rd September 1983
42 years 10 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
29th September 1983
42 years 4 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £838.5 Thousand
United States Flag
US total gross
  $9.8 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
441,291 aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
3.1 Million aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 6th Oct '83
  • Debut box office: 7th Oct '83
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £252 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 11
US Box Office
  • Debut weekend: 15th Jul '83
  • Debut position: 16
  • Highest position: 7
  • Debut gross: $60.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
woody allen
Starring
woody allenLeonard Zelig
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher
The Narrator
Dr. Sindell
Glandular Diagnosis Doctor
Mexican Food Doctor
Dr. Birsky
Hypodermic Doctor
Experimental Drugs Doctor
Other Doctor
Other Doctor
Other Doctor
Man in Barber Chair
Man in Park
Scotsman
Freshman #1
Freshman #2
Workers Rally Speaker
Martin Geist
Sister Ruth
Telephone Operator
Woman on Telephone
Man on Telephone
Actress Fletcher
Actor Doctor
Actor Koslow
Actor Zelig
Miss Baker
Charles Koslow
Martinez
Paul Deghuee
Meryl Fletcher
City Hall Speaker
Dr. Fletcher's Mother
On-Camera Interviewer
Hearst Guest
Hearst Guest
Lita Fox
Lita's Lawyer
Zelig's Lawyer
Helen Gray
Zelig's Wife
Wrist Victim
House-Painting Victim
Vilification Woman
Greek Waiter
Rally Chancellor
Carter Dean
Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews
Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews
Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews
Bricktop - Contemporary Interviews
Bruno Bettelheim - Contemporary Interviews
John Morton Blum - Contemporary Interviews
Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews
Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews
Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews
Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews
Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews
Pathe News Announcer
Hearst Metrotone Announcer
Radio Announcer
Universal Newsreel Announcer
German U.F.A. Newsreel Announcer
Self
Self
Self
Other Doctor
Self
Lizard Dancer
Self
Self - Walking Behind Hitler
Self
Self
Self
Self - Pinning Medal
Self
Self
Self - with Hitler and Streicher
Self - Playing Baseball
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Reporter
Self
Self
Self
Self
German Girl
Self - with Goebbels
Self
Self
Self
Self - At San Simeon
Self with Hitler and Streicher
voice of Helen Kane
Charleston Dancer
Self
Self - Swinging Bat
Self - Walking Behind Hitler
Self - with Back to Hitler
Self - with Hitler and Hess
Beauty Contestant
Self - with Goebbels and Ley
Self - Mayor of New York
Mother of a Graduate
Police Officer
Self

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1983-08-25
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
2
Weeks top 15
11
Total weeks
11
Total UK Gross:
£838,453
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Zelig
2N
£252,000
£252,000
2▲▼
£100,526
£397,763
4
£152,908
£604,189
5
£80,478
£708,810
5▲▼
£42,357
£765,992
6
£22,293
£796,088
6▲▼
£13,933
£814,201
7
£8,708
£825,521
8
£4,583
£831,937
9
£2,864
£835,947
10
£1,790
£838,453

* 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
4
Total US Gross:
$9,772,241
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
16N
$60,119
$60,119
7N
$1,148,576
$6,763,952
13
$905,416
$8,060,138
12N
$537,769
$9,772,241

* 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
  •  Argentina release date:
  •  Canada release date:
  •  France release date:
  •  Italy release date:
  •  Australia release date:
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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£838,453
4149
Zelig
4150

Genres
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  • United States United States
News from around the web
Zelig – review  The Guardian Thu, 22nd December 2011

From Alice to Zelig via Rosemary’s Baby: Mia Farrow’s 20 best films – ranked!  The Guardian Fri, 7th February 2025

Zelig Review  empireonline.com Thu, 3rd August 2006

Why Woody Allen’s mockumentary Zelig still fascinates psychiatrists  The Telegraph Thu, 13th July 2023

FILM: 'ZELIG,' WOODY ALLEN'S STORY ABOUT A 'CHAMELEON MAN' (Published 1983)  The New York Times Fri, 15th July 1983

It Came From the Cultosphere: Woody Allen’s Time-Tripping ‘Zelig’  Diffuser.fm Sat, 29th March 2014