Return of the Jedi (1983) - Box Office Mojo

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	Runtime: 2 hrs. 14 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $32.5 million

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

The Players

Writers:	Lawrence Kasdan George Lucas
Actors:	Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher
Producer:	George Lucas (Executive)
Composer:	John Williams

1983 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Four Oscars.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Sci-Fi - Adventure	7

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Star Wars	5

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	38
All Time Adjusted	15
All Time Worldwide	123
Yearly 1983	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1983	1
Yearly PG Rated 1983	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	87
Opening Weeks	362
Opening Wednesdays	54
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	44
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	101
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	43
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	24
Opening Weekends	546
Opening Weekends - May	74
Eleventh Weekends	21
Ninth Weekends	9
Tenth Weekends	17
Twelfth Weekends	23
Twelfth Weekends	23
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	57
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	17
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	18
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekend Openers	27
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	43
Fourth Weekends	131
Fifth Weekends	41
Seventh Weekends	31
Eighth Weekends	9
Fewest Theaters to Debut at #1	22
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	748
Rated G and PG	12
Rated PG	9
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	111
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	141
Fastest to $150 million	169
Fastest to $250 million	70
Slowest to $100 million	236
Slowest to $200 million	15
BOM Users' Grades	40
BOM Users' Grades (1983 Releases)	2
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on April 11, 1985)	3
Yearly (Wide) 1983	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1983	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	43
Opening Weeks Adjusted	88
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	68
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	59
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	58
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	21
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	232
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	103
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	83
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	68
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	38
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	5
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	165
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	62
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	49
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted	173
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	1
Opening Weekends Adjusted - May	49
Opening Weekends Adjusted	174
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	120
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	11
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	5
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	6
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	10
Second Weekends Adjusted	68
Third Weekends Adjusted	57
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	19
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	7
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	9
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	5
Rated G and PG Adjusted	10
Rated PG Adjusted	5
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	36
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	45