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Back to the Future(1985)
Released
1985 · FILM

Back to the Future

A teenager accidentally travels back to 1955 in his eccentric friend’s time machine, forcing him to ensure his parents meet and return to the present before he’s stranded in the past forever.

“He was never in time for his classes... He wasn't in time for his dinner... Then one day... he wasn't in his time at all.”

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis, Frank Marshall
Written by
Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
116 min
AdventureComedySci-Fi

Synopsis

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 516+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Harry KeramidasShot by Dean CundeyScored by Alan SilvestriDesigned by Lawrence G PaullSound by Charles L CampbellCostumes by Deborah L ScottStunts by Walter Scott

Box Office

1985 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 20× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$381.1M

Budget$19.0M
Worldwide gross$381.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $212.3M — 56% of worldwide · International: $168.8M (44%)

Opening weekend: $3.6M — 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.6M — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,341 theaters

Re-release box office

20252,290 theaters
$13.9M($14.3M today)
2020258 theaters
$247K($316K today)
Total re-release
$14.2M

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Zurück in die Zukunftde
  • Retour vers le futurfr
  • Retour vers le futur 1fr
  • Ritorno al futuroit
  • (Bulgarian)Завръщане в бъдещето
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 29, 1985
  • GreeceAug 5, 1985
  • AustraliaAug 15, 1985
  • ItalyAug 29, 1985

Companies

ProductionUniversal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions

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