Director Julien Temple

Starring Patsy Kensit, Eddie OConnell, David Bowie

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Absolute Beginners

🍿 80% Audience Score 1986 N/A

🎭 Drama 🪄 Fantasy 🎶 Musical ❤️ Romance

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📊 Performance IndexMilestones

🌎 Global Tracker (Target: $500M) 0%

🇺🇸 Domestic (US) (Target: $250M) 0%

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (Target: $25M) 2%

⚡ Volatility

🎬 In the Vault

🕒 Normal tracking metrics

Site Popularity Rank: 👑 Unranked

🎯 Box Office Verdict 💣 Box Office Flop

Flop Steady (Target: $38M) Blockbuster

* Editorial Note: Performance targets, verdicts, and volatility metrics reflect automated site projections and community opinion, and do not represent official studio accounting or real-world financial guarantees.

💰 Box Office HUD Live Data

Opening Weekends

🇺🇸 US Weekend $83,743

🇬🇧 UK Weekend £145,545

Lifetime Grosses

🇺🇸 Total North American $83,743

🇬🇧 Total United Kingdom £572,643

🌐 Worldwide Total $83,743

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Patsy Kensit

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Eddie OConnell

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David Bowie

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James Fox

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Ray Davies

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Mandy Rice-Davies

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Eve Ferret

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Tony Hippolyte

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Graham Fletcher-Cook

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Joseph McKenna

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Steven Berkoff

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Sade

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Edward Tudor-Pole

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Bruce Payne

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Alan Freeman

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Anita Morris

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Paul Rhys

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Julian Firth

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Chris Pitt

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Lionel Blair

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Gary Beadle

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Robbie Coltrane

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Jess Conrad

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Smiley Culture

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Ronald Fraser

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Irene Handl

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Amanda Jane Powell

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Johnny Shannon

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Robert Austin

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Gerry Alexander

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Jim Dunk

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