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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)
Released
1982 · FILM

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

A lonely boy befriends a stranded alien hiding in his California forest home, but as government agents close in, he must protect E.T. and help him return to his ship before it's too late.

“He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3,000,000 light years from home.”

Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Written by
Melissa Mathison
Rated
FSK · FSK 6
Runtime
115 min
AdventureFamilySci-Fi

Synopsis

A young alien crash-lands on Earth and is discovered and rescued by 10-year-old Elliott, who hides him in his home. As a government task force searches for the extraterrestrial, Elliott, along with his older brother and younger sister Gertie, grows close to their new friend and works to assist him in returning to his home planet.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 184+ 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 Carol LittletonShot by Allen DaviauScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Jim Bissell

Box Office

1982 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 76× 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

$797.3M

Budget$10.5M
Worldwide gross$797.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $359.2M — 45% of worldwide · International: $438.1M (55%)

Opening weekend: $11.8M — 3% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $21.8M — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,103 theaters

Re-release box office

2022793 theaters
$3.5M($3.9M today)
20023,007 theaters
$62.2M($114.4M today)
19851,701 theaters
$51.6M($158.5M today)
Total re-release
$117.3M

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

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • extended· 120 min

Also known as

  • E. T. – Der Außerirdischede
  • E.T. - Der Ausserirdischede
  • E.T. - Der Außerirdischede
  • (Working Title)E.T. El ExtraTerrestre
  • E.T.en
  • E.T., el extraterrestrees
  • E.T. l'extra-terrestrefr
  • E.T. l'extra-terrestreit
  • E.T. l'extraterrestreit
  • (Bulgarian)Извънземното
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceMay 26, 1982
  • United StatesJun 10, 1982
  • CanadaJun 11, 1982
  • United KingdomAug 13, 1982

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