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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984)
Released
1984 · FILM

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

In 1935, Indiana Jones must outwit a ruthless crime boss and battle ancient forces in India to recover a sacred relic before it falls into the wrong hands.

If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
118 min
ActionAdventure
Streaming on
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Synopsis

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is approached by a desperate village seeking help to find a mystical stone. He agrees to the task and soon uncovers a secret cult plotting a dangerous scheme within the catacombs of an ancient palace.

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A crew of 95+ credited

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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 Michael KahnShot by Douglas SlocombeScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Elliot Scott

Box Office

1984 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 12× 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

$333.0M

Budget$28.0M
Worldwide gross$333.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $179.9M 54% of worldwide · International: $153.1M (46%)

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Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todesde
  • Indiana Jones y el Templo Malditoes
  • Indiana Jones et le Temple mauditfr
  • Indiana Jones e il tempio maledettoit
  • (Bulgarian)Индиана Джоунс и храмът на обречените
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesMay 8, 1984
  • CanadaMay 23, 1984
  • TürkiyeMay 23, 1984
  • RussiaMay 26, 1984

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