The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Empire Strikes Back

Domestic Total Gross: $209,398,025 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $290,475,067
Distributor: Fox	Release Date: May 21, 1980
Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy	Runtime: 2 hrs. 9 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $18 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic Summary

Release Dates:

May 21, 1980 (limited)
June 20, 1980 (wide)

Limited Opening Weekend:	$4,910,483
(#1 rank, 126 theaters, $38,972 average)

Widest Release:

1,278 theaters

The Players

Director:	Irvin Kershner
Writers:	Lawrence Kasdan George Lucas (story)
Actors:	Kenny Baker Anthony Daniels Peter Mayhew Billy Dee Williams Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher
Producer:	George Lucas (Executive)
Composer:	John Williams

1980 Academy Awards®

Genres

Genre	Rank
Sci-Fi - Adventure	12

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Star Wars	7
Brand: Lucasfilm	9

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	74
All Time Adjusted	13
All Time Worldwide	144
Yearly 1980	1
Opening Weeks	1,312
Opening Weekends	1,700
Opening Weekends - June	194
Ninth Weekends	52
Sixth Weekends	98
Seventh Weekends	85
Eighth Weekends	76
Rated G and PG	24
Rated PG	21
BOM Users' Grades	9
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on January 1, 1982)	3
Opening Weekends (Limited Release)	14
Yearly (Wide) 1980	1
Opening Weeks Adjusted	418
Opening Weekends Adjusted - June	117
Opening Weekends Adjusted	600
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	13
Third Weekends Adjusted	136
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	80
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	28
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	14
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	13
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	15
Rated G and PG Adjusted	8
Rated PG Adjusted	4
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	144
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	177