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PRODUCTION NOTES  Alternative Titles • Taglines • Certification • Box Office • Awards
 Runtime: 94 min 51 sec - the running time of this film was calculated from the measured length of 8538+5 (feet + frames) [5 reels].
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Stereo
Format: 35mm
Budget: Director Thom Eberhardt quotes approx $700,000; the IMDB quotes $3,000,000 (estimated) - by comparrison, The Terminator (also released in 1984) had a budget of $6,400,000.
Distributor: Atlantic Releasing Corp
US Theatrical Release: 16 November, 1984
UK Theatrical Release: 8 May, 1985
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Alternative Titles
- Der Komet - Der Tod kommt aus dem All - West Germany (The Comet - Death from the Universe)
- Der Komet - Germany
- La Notte Della Cometa - Italy
- La Nuit De La Comète - France
- La Noche Del Cometa - Spain
- Noc Komety - Poland
- ноча кометы - Russia
- A Noite do Cometa - Portugal
- Tuhon yö - Finland
- ナイト・オブ・ザ・コメット - Japan
- 慧星之夜 - China
- Noaptea Cometei - Romania
- Noc Kometa - Yugoslavia
- 天降凶靈 - Hong Kong
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Taglines
1: The last time this comet came the dinosaurs disappeared. [VHS]
2: It was the last thing on earth they ever expected. [Soundtrack, Posters & VHS]
3: They came, they shopped, they saved the world. [DVD, 2007]
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Certification
Germany: 16 / Iceland: 12 / Finland: 15 (previously K-16)/ UK: 15 / USA: PG-13 / Canada: 13+ (Quebec) / Canada: AA (Ontario) / Spain 13+
/ Australia: M CANADA [AA]
- 28 September 1984 (Ontario)
Classified AA (Adult Accompaniment) by the Ontario Film Review Board for Coarse Language and Frightening Scenes
Distributer: Norstar Releasing
- 16 January 1985 (Quebec)
Classified 13+ by the Régie du cinéma
- 28 June 1990 (Ontario)
Classified AA (Adult Accompaniment) by the Ontario Film Review Board for Coarse Language and Frightening Scenes
Distributer: CBS/Fox Video Ltd
UK [15]
- 8 May 1985
Classified 15 for theatrical release by the BBFC with no cuts made
Distributer:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
- 1 September 1985
Classified 15 for video release by the BBFC with no cuts made
Distributer: CBS/Fox Video Ltd
- 22 January 2010
Classified 15 for DVD release by the BBFC with no cuts made
Distributer: Optimum Releasing
FINLAND [15] - Tuhon yö
- 12 December 1988
Classified K-16 (now 15) for video release by ELONET
Distributer: Showtime Networks Inc. - videolevitys
SPAIN [13+] - LA NOCHE DEL COMETA
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Total Gross: $14,418,922 (4 January 1985, 1 screen)
Opening Weekend: $3,580,578 (18 November 1984)
(1,098 theaters, $3,261 average)
% of Total Gross: 24.8%
Widest Release: 1,098 theaters
In Release: 42 days / 6 weeks
Highest Chart Position: #3 (1st week)
(sources boxofficemojo.com, the-numbers.com )
Spanish Box Office
Viewing Figures: 72,066
Gross: 109.567,12 €
(source Minesterio Del Cultura)
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Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films USA
Mary Woronov nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
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