| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $52,767,889 | Details |
| International Box Office | $75,000,000 | |
| Worldwide Box Office | $127,767,889 | |
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| Rotten Tomatoes | |
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| Critics
88% - Certified Fresh |
Audience
92% - Upright |
| Production Budget: | $22,000,000 |
| Domestic Releases: | December 8th, 1982 (Wide) by Sony Pictures |
| Video Release: | February 20th, 2007 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as Gandhi (Two Disc Special Edition) |
| Keywords: | Religious, Non-Chronological, Biography |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Ben Kingsley | Mahatma Gandhi | |
| Candice Bergen | Margaret Bourke-White | |
| Edward Fox | General Dyer | |
| John Gielgud | Lord Irwin | |
| Trevor Howard | Judge Broomfield | |
| John Mills | Lord Chelmsford | |
| Martin Sheen | Walker | |
| Ian Charleson | Charlie Andrews | |
| Athol Fugard | General Smuts | |
| Gunther Maria Halmer | Herman Kallenbach | |
| Saeed Jaffrey | Sardar Patel | |
| Geraldine James | Mirabehn | |
| Alyque Padamsee | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | |
| Amrish Puri | Kahn | |
| Roshan Seth | Pandit Nehru | |
| Rohini Hattangadi | Kasturbai Gandhi | |
| Ian Bannen | Senior Police Officer | |
| Michael Bryant | Principal Secretary | |
| John Clements | Advocate General | |
| Richard Griffiths | Collins | |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Kinnoch | |
| Bernard Hepton | G.O.C. | |
| Michael Hordern | Sir George Hodge | |
| Om Puri | Nahari | |
| Richard Vernon | Sir Edward Gait | |
| Vijay Kashyap | Apte | |
| Neena Gupta | Abha | |
| Shane Rimmer | Commentator | |
| Peter Harlowe | Lord Mountbatten | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Colin | |
| Harsh Nayyar | Nathuran Vinayuk Godse | |
| John Ratzenberger | American Lieutenant | |
| Bernard Hill | Soldier/train guard | |
| Marius Weyers | Conductor |
| Director | Richard Attenborough | |
| Producer | Richard Attenborough |
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982/12/10 | 13 | $131,153 | 4 | $32,788 | $183,583 | 5 | |
| 1982/12/17 | 19 | $122,742 | -6% | 4 | $30,686 | $408,624 | 12 |
| 1982/12/24 | 18 | $189,487 | +54% | 6 | $31,581 | $718,758 | 19 |
| 1982/12/31 | 17 | $318,902 | +68% | 12 | $26,575 | $1,324,162 | 26 |
| 1983/01/07 | 16 | $271,515 | -15% | 12 | $22,626 | $1,795,890 | 33 |
| 1983/01/14 | 15 | $314,067 | +16% | 16 | $19,629 | $2,270,952 | 40 |
| 1983/01/21 | 4 | $2,324,871 | +640% | 350 | $6,642 | $4,784,319 | 47 |
| 1983/01/28 | 4 | $2,408,466 | +4% | 357 | $6,746 | $8,252,717 | 54 |
| 1983/02/04 | 4 | $2,345,521 | -3% | 357 | $6,570 | $11,663,441 | 61 |
| 1983/02/11 | 4 | $1,724,252 | -26% | 357 | $4,830 | $14,124,875 | 68 |
| 1983/02/18 | 2 | $3,408,236 | +98% | 531 | $6,419 | $18,321,529 | 75 |
| 1983/02/25 | 2 | $2,746,571 | -19% | 734 | $3,742 | $22,004,071 | 82 |
| 1983/03/04 | 2 | $2,349,892 | -14% | 766 | $3,068 | $25,259,056 | 89 |
| 1983/03/11 | 3 | $2,265,483 | -4% | 760 | $2,981 | $28,429,296 | 96 |
| 1983/03/18 | 4 | $1,888,255 | -17% | 672 | $2,810 | $31,226,069 | 103 |
| 1983/03/25 | 9 | $1,565,567 | -17% | 461 | $3,396 | $33,684,518 | 110 |
| 1983/04/01 | 10 | $1,484,322 | -5% | 495 | $2,999 | $35,745,885 | 117 |
| 1983/04/08 | 6 | $2,178,715 | +47% | 805 | $2,706 | $38,633,920 | 124 |
| 1983/04/15 | 4 | $2,891,847 | +33% | 825 | $3,505 | $42,512,447 | 131 |
| 1983/04/22 | 4 | $2,076,315 | -28% | 747 | $2,780 | $45,510,009 | 138 |
| 1983/04/29 | 7 | $1,303,096 | -37% | 579 | $2,251 | $47,418,460 | 145 |
| 1983/05/06 | 8 | $823,234 | -37% | 411 | $2,003 | $48,601,351 | 152 |
| 1983/05/13 | 8 | $837,843 | +2% | 390 | $2,148 | $49,729,399 | 159 |
| 1983/05/20 | 11 | $582,746 | -30% | 346 | $1,684 | $50,498,856 | 166 |
| 1983/05/27 | 13 | $827,377 | +42% | 305 | $2,713 | $51,669,867 | 173 |
| 1983/06/03 | 15 | $466,650 | -44% | 280 | $1,667 | $52,324,530 | 180 |
| 1983/06/10 | 16 | $300,722 | -36% | 275 | $1,094 | $52,767,889 | 187 |
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