United Kingdom Box Office for Hairspray (1988)

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Hairspray
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $2,901Details
Worldwide Box Office $9,171,108Details
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  5. Cast & Crew
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Synopsis

It’s Baltimore, 1962, and a rebellious teenager with the biggest bouffant on the block attempts to win the coveted “Miss Auto Show” crown as she fights against racial discrimination in this film created and directed by John Waters and featuring Divine in his/her last role.

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Movie Details

United Kingdom Releases: June 9th, 2023 (Special Engagement)
Running Time: 92 minutes
Keywords: Cross-Dressing, Dancing, TV Industry, Genderbending Casting, Bigotry, 1960s, Set in Baltimore, MD, Remade, Comedy Musical
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Musical
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: 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
2023/06/09 - $2,901   59 $49   $2,901 1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
New Zealand 3/21/2024 $0 0 1 1 $180 4/2/2024
North America 2/26/1988 $0 0 0 0 $6,671,108
United Kingdom 6/9/2023 $2,901 59 59 59 $2,901 6/14/2023
 
Rest of World $2,496,919
 
Worldwide Total$9,171,108 4/2/2024

Leading Cast

Ricki Lake    Tracy Turnblad

Supporting Cast

Divine    Edna Turnblad/Arvin Hodgepile
Jerry Stiller    Wilbur Turnblad
Josh Charles    Iggy

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

John Waters    Director
John Waters    Screenwriter
Bonnie Greenberg    Music Supervisor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.