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:	Tony Cox* Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels Peter Mayhew Ian McDiarmid Frank Oz* (Voice) James Earl Jones* (Voice) Alec Guinness* Kenny Baker
Producer:	George Lucas (Executive)
Composer:	John Williams
* Denotes minor role

1983 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Four Oscars.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Sci-Fi - Adventure	11

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Star Wars	6
Brand: Lucasfilm	7

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	58
All Time Adjusted	16
All Time Worldwide	173
Yearly 1983	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1983	1
Yearly PG Rated 1983	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	99
Opening Weeks	466
Opening Wednesdays	66
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	146
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	67
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	64
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	31
Opening Weekends	692
Opening Weekends - May	88
Eleventh Weekends	22
Ninth Weekends	10
Tenth Weekends	18
Twelfth Weekends	24
Twelfth Weekends	24
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	60
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	17
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	18
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekend Openers	31
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	50
Fourth Weekends	167
Fifth Weekends	54
Seventh Weekends	37
Eighth Weekends	10
Fewest Theaters to Debut at #1	22
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	795
Rated G and PG	20
Rated PG	17
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	138
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	171
Fastest to $150 million	225
Fastest to $250 million	98
Slowest to $100 million	266
Slowest to $200 million	19
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	45
Opening Weeks Adjusted	113
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	75
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	80
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	69
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	23
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	288
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	129
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	91
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	89
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	45
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	7
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	190
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	73
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	58
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted	190
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	1
Opening Weekends Adjusted - May	57
Opening Weekends Adjusted	213
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	141
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	11
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	5
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	6
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	10
Second Weekends Adjusted	87
Third Weekends Adjusted	64
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	20
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	47
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	57