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1980 • PG • 1h 54m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

Pathetic earthlings...who can save you now?

🍅 83% 69% MC 58 LB 3.24 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$27.10M
Final
Domestic legs6.9x
Budget$35M
1980 rank#21
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Cast & crew

Directed byMike Hodges ScreenplayLorenzo Semple Jr. Produced byDino De Laurentiis CinematographyGilbert Taylor Music byQueen, Howard Blake StarringSam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, Mariangela Melato StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 5-7 1 $3.9M — 823 $4,780 $3.9M

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