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The General

The General

Director:
John Boorman
Key stars:
Brendan Gleeson
Adrian Dunbar
Sean McGinley
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Angeline Ball
Jon Voight
Eanna MacLiam
Tom Murphy

Full cast and characters →

Runtime

124 minutes
(2 hours 04 minutes)

Release Dates

UK
29th May 1998
USA
1st October 1998
France
19th May 1998
Ireland
27th May 1998
Hungary
2nd July 1998
South Korea
1st September 1998
UK
29th May 1998

USA
1st October 1998

France
19th May 1998

Ireland
27th May 1998

Hungary
2nd July 1998

South Korea
1st September 1998

Canada
11th September 1998

Argentina
15th November 1998

Denmark
18th December 1998

Iceland
16th January 1999

Sweden
28th January 1999

Spain
12th February 1999

Portugal
16th April 1999

Australia
6th May 1999

Switzerland
7th May 1999

Norway
7th May 1999

New Zealand
12th July 1999

Germany
29th July 1999

Israel
5th August 1999

Poland
24th September 1999

Turkey
30th June 2000

Netherlands
1st August 2000

Japan
27th April 2001

Greece
9th November 2001

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Certificates


15
Total grosses

Total UK gross
£967,321
3838
Bringing Out the Dead
3839
The General
3840
Diego Maradona
 
 

Genres


Action
Action
Adventure
Adventure
Comedy
Comedy
Romance
Romance
War
War
Biography
Biography
Crime
Crime
Drama
Drama
Thriller
Thriller
UK box office flow (top 15)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
5
29th May 1998
6
5th June 1998
5
12th June 1998
8
19th June 1998
14
26th June 1998
UK box office history for 'The General'
reverse list
Weekend 29th May 1998 ↩
Week 1
  1. Deep Impact
    £1,070,805
  2. Sliding Doors
    £714,540
  3. Wishmaster
    £356,092
  4. Dark City
    £309,525
  5. The General
    £286,365
  6. Scream 2
    £282,066
  7. Blues Brother's 2000
    £194,124
  8. Titanic
    £155,794
  9. Mousehunt
    £150,924
  10. Star Kid
    £120,490
  11. Wild Things
    £108,763
  12. The Big Lebowski
    £91,017
  13. Martha Meet Frank Daniel and Laurence
    £85,334
  14. Anastasia
    £78,139
  15. Breakdown
    £66,048
Weekend 5th June 1998 ↩
Week 2
  1. The Wedding Singer
    £1,031,660
  2. Deep Impact
    £733,302
  3. Sliding Doors
    £677,963
  4. Red Corner
    £200,350
  5. Wishmaster
    £197,485
  6. The General
    £193,851
  7. Scream 2
    £165,394
  8. The Replacement Killers
    £151,464
  9. Dark City
    £141,928
  10. Titanic
    £134,182
  11. Mousehunt
    £97,418
  12. Blues Brother's 2000
    £72,546
  13. Star Kid
    £68,610
  14. The Big Lebowski
    £54,856
  15. Wild Things
    £50,784
Weekend 12th June 1998 ↩
Week 3
  1. The Wedding Singer
    £974,719
  2. Sliding Doors
    £592,992
  3. Deep Impact
    £472,113
  4. The Apostle
    £335,278
  5. The General
    £141,712
  6. Titanic
    £140,108
  7. Wishmaster
    £125,495
  8. Scream 2
    £107,275
  9. Mousehunt
    £99,958
  10. Red Corner
    £98,306
  11. Stiff Upper Lips
    £78,162
  12. Dark City
    £73,487
  13. Star Kid
    £61,954
  14. The Replacement Killers
    £61,088
  15. Soul Food
    £56,833
Weekend 19th June 1998 ↩
Week 4
  1. City of Angels
    £1,141,654
  2. The Wedding Singer
    £605,673
  3. Sliding Doors
    £330,190
  4. Deep Impact
    £262,463
  5. The Apostle
    £186,266
  6. The Exorcist
    £151,714
  7. Titanic
    £87,845
  8. The General
    £84,741
  9. Wishmaster
    £84,004
  10. Scream 2
    £77,131
  11. Star Kid
    £48,918
  12. Mousehunt
    £47,089
  13. Soul Food
    £42,918
  14. Red Corner
    £42,324
  15. Dark City
    £37,995
Weekend 26th June 1998 ↩
Week 5
  1. City of Angels
    £674,705
  2. The Wedding Singer
    £530,938
  3. Mimic
    £487,821
  4. The Object of My Affection
    £339,672
  5. Sliding Doors
    £318,376
  6. Deep Impact
    £222,882
  7. Titanic
    £123,716
  8. The Exorcist
    £105,010
  9. The Apostle
    £103,481
  10. Barneys Great Adventure
    £101,260
  11. Mousehunt
    £74,205
  12. Girls Night
    £59,104
  13. Wishmaster
    £58,357
  14. The General
    £58,223
  15. Scream 2
    £53,085