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1987 | DIRECTED BY HECTOR BABENCO

Ironweed

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Movie Stats
Year
1987
Runtime
 143 minutes (2 hrs 23 mins)
Certificates

15

R

6

13

K-14
Select Cast
Jack Nicholson
Meryl Streep
Carroll Baker
Michael OKeefe
Diane Venora
Fred Gwynne
Full cast and crew
Salty Popcorn Stats
First viewed:
31st Jan 2016
Last viewed:
29th Jan 2025
Total views:
33
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
12th February 1988
37 years 7 months 19 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
24th March 1988
37 years 6 months 9 days ago
Italy release date
 Italy
31st March 1988
37 years 6 months 2 days ago
Netherlands release date
 Netherlands
19th May 1988
37 years 4 months 14 days ago
Japan release date
 Japan
4th June 1988
37 years 3 months 28 days ago
Argentina release date
 Argentina
9th June 1988
37 years 3 months 23 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £219.1 Thousand
United States Flag
US total gross
  $5.8 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
101,910 aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
1.5 Million aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 20th May '88
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £92.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6
US Box Office
  • Release: 12th Feb '88
  • Debut weekend: 26th Feb '98
  • Debut position: 15
  • Highest position: 15
  • Debut gross: $838.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
hector babenco Hector Babenco
Starring
hector babencoJack NicholsonFrancis Phelan
hector babencoJack NicholsonFrancis Phelan
hector babencoMeryl StreepHelen
hector babencoMeryl StreepHelen
Carroll BakerAnnie Phelan
Carroll BakerAnnie Phelan
Michael OKeefeBilly
Michael OKeefeBilly
Diane VenoraPeg
Diane VenoraPeg
Fred GwynneOscar Reo
Fred GwynneOscar Reo
Margaret WhittonKatrina
Margaret WhittonKatrina
Tom WaitsRudy
Tom WaitsRudy
Jake DengelPee Wee
Jake DengelPee Wee
hector babencoNathan LaneHarold Allen
hector babencoNathan LaneHarold Allen
James GammonReverend Chester
Will ZahrnRowdy Dick
Laura EstermanNora
Joe GrifasiJack
Hy AnzellRosskam
Bethel LeslieLibrarian
Richard HamiltonDonovan
Black-Eyed SusanClara
Louise PhillipsFlower Girl
Marjorie SlocumElderly Woman
Lena SpencerSlatternly Woman
Lola PashalinskiFat Woman with Turkey
Paulie DiCoccoBus Driver
Priscilla SmithSandra
James DukasFinny
Jared SwartoutGuard Captain
Ted LevinePocono Pete
Martin PattersonFoxy Phil Tooker
Terry O'ReillyAldo Campione
Michael OGormanStrike Leader
Frank WhaleyYoung Francis
Jordan ValdinaYouth at Strike
Louis St. LouisPiano Man
John WrightGoblin
Robin Wood-ChappelleGoblin
Nicole WedenGoblin
Peter PryorGoblin
Duane ScholzGoblin
Matt McGrathGoblin
Lois Barden StilleyMrs. Dillon
Cori IrwinYoung Girl
Pamela Payton-WrightMother
Boris McGiverClerk
Phyllis GottungOld Woman
James YohamBald Man
Ean EgasDanny
Nebraska BraceAndy
Jeff MorrisMichigan Mac
William DuellMoose
George RaffertyRaider
Robert ManionRaider
Pat DevaneNurse
Paulie DiCocco III
uncredited
Homeless Boy on Street
John Farnan
uncredited
Strike Leader's Right Hand Man
Luke L. Hansen
uncredited
Baseball Player
Irwin Loring
uncredited
Day Player
Robert Sky McDougall
uncredited
Businessman
Michael Trout
uncredited
Hooverville Resident
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
5
Weeks top 15
6
Total weeks
6
Total UK Gross:
£219,107
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Ironweed
20 May 1988
5N
£92,417
£92,417
27 May 1988
5▲▼
£40,209
£146,699
3 Jun 1988
5▲▼
£25,806
£182,827
10 Jun 1988
7▼
£12,403
£200,811
17 Jun 1988
7▲▼
£9,848
£213,613
24 Jun 1988
11▼
£3,924
£219,107

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
15
Weeks top 15
1
Total Weeks
1
Total US Gross:
$5,797,631
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
26 Feb 1998
15▼
$838,504
$5,797,631

* 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
  •  United States release date:
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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£219,107
6124
Dil Chahta Hai
6125
Ironweed
6126
Four Mothers

Genres
Drama
Drama
News from around the web
Ironweed movie review & film summary (1988)  Roger Ebert Mon, 30th October 2017

Return to Albany: was William Kennedy's Ironweed machine-tooled for the Oscars?  The Guardian Tue, 24th April 2018

Meryl Streep on the Mick Jagger of cinema  Far Out Magazine Tue, 18th February 2025

The Unloved, Part 136: Ironweed  Roger Ebert Thu, 1st May 2025

Film: 'Ironweed,' From Hector Babenco (Published 1987)  The New York Times Fri, 18th December 1987

Months of Meryl: Ironweed (1987)  The Film Experience Thu, 5th April 2018