United Kingdom Box Office for An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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An American Werewolf in London
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $133,091Details
Worldwide Box Office $61,968,388Details
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Movie Details

United Kingdom Releases: November 12th, 1981 (Limited)
October 30th, 2020 (Limited)
Video Release: September 18th, 2001 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 97 minutes
Franchise: American Werewolf
Keywords: Monster, Werewolf, Visual Effects, Set in London, Vacation, Horror Comedy, Tourists In Trouble, Death of a Best Friend, Suicide Attempt, Romance, Doomed Romance, Death of a Girlfriend / Boyfriend, Curses, Supernatural
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Polygram Pictures, Lycanthrope Films
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2020/10/30 - $4,368   9 $485   $103,951 2,034
2021/10/29 - $3,337   4 $834   $118,009 2,086
2022/04/22 - $1,714   1 $1,714   $113,283 2,111
2023/10/27 - $3,009   3 $1,003   $116,256 2,190
2024/09/06 - $3,378   1 $3,378   $133,091 2,235

Box Office Summary Per Territory

$00
Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 4/8/1982 00$0
North America 8/21/1981 $3,786,512 870 870 4,061 $31,973,249
United Kingdom 11/12/1981 $0 0 9 18 $133,091 9/11/2024
 
Rest of World $29,862,048
 
Worldwide Total$61,968,388 9/11/2024

Uncategorized

John Landis    Man being smashed into a window
Griffin Dunne    Jack Goodman
Rik Mayall    2nd Chess Player
David Naughton    David Kessler
Jenny Agutter    Nurse Alex Price
David Schofield    Darts player
Frank Oz    Mr. Collins/Miss Piggy

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Production and Technical Credits

John Landis    Director