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RETURN OF THE JEDI

Domestic Total Gross: $252,583,617 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $309,306,177
Distributor: Fox	Release Date: May 25, 1983
Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy	Running Time: 2 hrs. 14 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $32.5 million

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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES

Domestic:	$309,306,177	65.1%
+ Foreign:	$165,800,000	34.9%

= Worldwide:	$475,106,177

DOMESTIC SUMMARY

Opening Weekend:	$23,019,618
(#1 rank, 1,002 theaters, $22,973 average)
% of Total Gross:	9.1%
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Widest Release:

1,764 theaters

1983 ACADEMY AWARDS®

Nominated for 4 Oscars. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...

GENRES (click to view)	Rank
Sci-Fi - Adventure	7

FRANCHISES (click to view)	Rank
Series: Star Wars	5

CHARTS (click to view)	Rank
All Time Domestic	29
All Time Adjusted	14
All Time Worldwide	80
Yearly 1983	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1983	1
Yearly PG Rated 1983	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	67
Opening Weeks	265
Opening Wednesdays	47
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	26
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	77
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	26
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	14
Opening Weekends	400
Opening Weekends - May	52
Eleventh Weekends	19
Ninth Weekends	8
Tenth Weekends	14
Twelfth Weekends	22
Twelfth Weekends	22
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	14
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	22
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	18
Consecutive Weekends At #1	56
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	17
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	17
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekend Openers	19
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	31
Fourth Weekends	103
Fifth Weekends	36
Seventh Weekends	29
Eighth Weekends	9
Fewest Theaters to Debut at #1	22
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	710
Rated G and PG	10
Rated PG	8
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	81
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	104
Fastest to $150 million	121
Fastest to $250 million	50
Slowest to $100 million	213
Slowest to $200 million	14
BOM Users' Grades	39
BOM Users' Grades (1983 Releases)	2
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on April 11, 1985)	3
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THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Writers:	Lawrence Kasdan George Lucas
Actors:	Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher
Producer:	George Lucas (Executive)
Composer:	John Williams

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As:	3,219	59.9%
Bs:	1,762	32.8%
Cs:	257	4.8%
Ds:	56	1.0%
Fs:	82	1.5%

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