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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978 | Steven Spielberg

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Year
1978
Runtime
2 hour 18 minutes (138 minutes)
Movie Total Grosses
United Kingdom
£12,846,301
North America
$135,189,114
Global
$306,088,635
Select Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
François Truffaut
Teri Garr
Melinda Dillon
Bob Balaban
J. Patrick McNamara
Directors
  1. Steven Spielberg
Starring
  1. Richard Dreyfuss
    Roy Neary
  2. François Truffaut
    Claude Lacombe
  3. Teri Garr
    Ronnie Neary
  4. Melinda Dillon
    Jillian Guiler
  5. Bob Balaban
    David Laughlin
  6. J. Patrick McNamara
    Project Leader
  7. Warren J. Kemmerling
    Wild Bill
  8. Roberts Blossom
    Farmer
  9. Philip Dodds
    Jean Claude
  10. Cary Guffey
    Barry Guiler
  11. Shawn Bishop
    Brad Neary
  12. Adrienne Campbell
    Silvia Neary
  13. Justin Dreyfuss
    Toby Neary
  14. Lance Henriksen
    Robert
  15. Merrill Connally
    Team Leader
  16. George DiCenzo
    Major Benchley
  17. Amy Douglass
    Implantee
  18. Alexander Lockwood
    Implantee
  19. Gene Dynarski
    Ike
  20. Mary Gafrey
    Mrs. Harris
  21. Norman Bartold
    Ohio Tolls
  22. Josef Sommer
    Larry Butler
  23. Michael J. Dyer
    Self
  24. Roger Ernest
    Highway Patrolman
  25. Carl Weathers
    Military Police
  26. F.J. O'Neil
    ARP Project Member
  27. Phil Dodds
    ARP Musician
  28. Randy Mark Herman
    Returnee #1 Flt. 19
  29. Hal Barwood
    Returnee #2 Flt. 19
  30. Matthew Robbins
    Returnee #3 Flt. 19
  31. David Anderson
    Air Traffic Controller
  32. Richard L. Hawkins
    Air Traffic Controller
  33. Craig Shreeve
    Air Traffic
  34. Bill Thurman
    Air Traffic
  35. Roy E. Richards
    Air East Pilot
  36. Gene Rader
    Hawker
  37. Eumenio Blanco
    Sunburned Old Man
  38. Daniel Nunez
    Federale
  39. Chuy Franco
    Mexican Federale
  40. Luis Contreras
    Federale
  41. James Keane
    Radio Telescope Team
  42. Dennis McMullen
    Radio Telescope Team
  43. Cy Young
    Radio Telescope Team
  44. Tom Howard
    Radio Telescope Team
  45. Richard Stuart
    Truck Dispatcher
  46. Bob Westmoreland
    Load Dispatcher
  47. Matt Emery
    Support Leader
  48. Galen Thompson
    Special Forces Soldier
  49. John Dennis Johnston
    Special Forces
  50. John Ewing
    Dirty Tricks #1
  51. Keith Atkinson
    Dirty Tricks #2
  52. Robert Broyles
    Dirty Tricks #3
  53. Kirk Raymond
    Dirty Tricks #4
  54. Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.
    Scientist
  55. Danyi Deats
    Alien
  56. Basil Hoffman
    Longly
  57. J. Allen Hynek
    Self - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site
  58. Monty Jordan
    Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot
  59. Shay McLean
    Speaking Child
  60. Dejah Moore
    Receptionist
  61. Carl Neal
    Extra
  62. Monty O'Grady
    Agent
  63. Julia Phillips
    UFO watcher at Crescendo Summit
  64. Murray Pollack
    Agent
  65. Stephen Powers
    UN Observer
  66. David Rambow
    Special Forces Hazmat Soldier
  67. Howard K. Smith
    Howard K. Smith

UK Chart Info
US Chart Info
Global Chart Info

Highest Position
1
Highest Position
14
Highest Position
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Weeks on Top 15
14
Weeks on Top 15
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Weeks on Chart
14
Weeks on Chart
3
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United Kingdom Chart Progress
£937,138
 17th Mar '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
£9,849,788
 24th Mar '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
£728,218
 31st Mar '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£377,595
 7th Apr '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
£269,711
 14th Apr '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
£223,429
 21st Apr '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
£115,704
 28th Apr '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
£89,004
 5th May '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£26,442
 12th May '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£24,553
 19th May '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£190,890
 26th May '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£8,135
 2nd Jun '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£3,370
 9th Jun '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£2,324
 16th Jun '78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
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North Ameican Chart Progress
$1,767,758
 1st Sep '17
 
14
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Global Box Office Release Breakdown
No global box office info