Labyrinth
A determined teen must navigate a deadly magical labyrinth within 13 hours to rescue her infant brother from an otherworldly Goblin King after a reckless wish threatens to seal his fate forever.
“Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.”
Synopsis
A teenage girl named Sarah, irritated by babysitting on a weekend night, uses her imagination to summon goblins who take her baby stepbrother Toby away. After Toby actually disappears, Sarah enters a fantastical realm to rescue him from the Goblin King. The Goblin King's castle is protected by a labyrinth—a twisted maze of deception that contains various eccentric characters and unknown dangers.
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The scale of the collaboration
A crew of 97+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by John GroverShot by Alex ThomsonScored by Trevor JonesDesigned by Elliot Scott
Box Office
1986 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$12.7M
Opening weekend: $3.5M — 28% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $5.3M — 42% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,141 theaters
Re-release box office
- 2018685 theaters
- $1.6M($2.0M today)
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
Full synopsis
Also known as
- Die Reise ins Labyrintde
- Die Reise ins Labyrinthde
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Cast & Crew
97 unique people credited
Top billed cast
David Bowie
as Jareth
Jennifer Connelly
as Sarah
Toby Froud
as Toby
Shelley Thompson
as Stepmother
Christopher Malcolm
as Father
Natalie Finland
as Fairy
Brian Henson
as Hoggle / Goblin (voice)
Shari Weiser
as Hoggle
David Shaughnessy
as Didymus / The Hat
Ron Mueck
as Ludo / Firey 2 / Goblin (voice)
Timothy Bateson
as The Worm / Goblin (voice)
Denise Bryer
as The Junk Lady (voice)
Supporting cast
76Dave Goelz
as Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
Karen Prell
as The Worm / The Junk Lady / Firey 2
David Alan Barclay
as Didymus / Firey 1
Rob Mills
as Firey 3
Frank Oz
as The Wiseman
Michael Hordern
as The Wiseman (voice)
Steve Whitmire
as The Four Guards / Firey 4 / Ambrosius (voice)
Kevin Clash
as The Four Guards / Firey 1 / Ambrosius (voice)
Anthony Asbury
as The Four Guards / Right Door Knocker / Firey 5
Anthony Jackson
as The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)
Douglas Blackwell
as The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)
David Healy
as Right Door Knocker (voice)
Robert Beatty
as Left Door Knocker (voice)
Toby Philpott
as Firey 1
Ian Thom
as Firey 2
Charles Augins
as Firey 2 (voice)
Sherry Amott
as Firey 3
Danny John Jules
as Firey 3 / Firey 4 (voice)
Cheryl Henson
as Firey 4
Kaefan Shaw
as Firey 4
Alistair Fullarton
as Firey 5
Rollie Krewson
as Firey 5
Richard Bodkin
as Firey 5 (voice)
Percy Edwards
as Ambrosius (voice)
Michael Attwell
as Goblin (voice)
Sean Barrett
as Goblin (voice)
John Bluthal
as Goblin (voice)
Peter Marinker
as Goblin (voice)
Kerry Shale
as Goblin (voice)
Marc Antona
as Goblin Corps
Kenny Baker
as Goblin Corps
Danny Blackner
as Goblin Corps
Peter Burroughs
as Goblin Corps
Toby Denver Clark
as Goblin Corps
Tessa Crockett
as Goblin Corps
Warwick Davis
as Goblin Corps
Malcolm Dixon
as Goblin Corps
Anthony Georghiou
as Goblin Corps
Paul Grant
as Goblin Corps
John Key
as Goblin Corps
Andrew Herd
as Goblin Corps
Richard Jones
as Goblin Corps
Jack Purvis
as Goblin Corps
Mark Lisle
as Goblin Corps
Peter Mandell
as Goblin Corps
Linda Spriggs
as Goblin Corps
Katie Purvis
as Goblin Corps
Nicholas Read
as Goblin Corps
Albert Wilkinson
as Goblin Corps
Penny Stead
as Goblin Corps
Michael Henbury Ballan
as Goblin Corps
Elfrida Ashworth
as Ballroom Dancer
Margaret Foyer
as Ballroom Dancer
Elizabeth A Gilbert
as Ballroom Dancer
Louise Gold
as Ballroom Dancer
Moira Grant
as Ballroom Dancer
San Lee
as Ballroom Dancer
Janis Mackintosh
as Ballroom Dancer
Penny Marsden
as Ballroom Dancer
Kim Mendez
as Ballroom Dancer
Wendy Millward
as Ballroom Dancer
Leonie Palette
as Ballroom Dancer
Caroline Pope
as Ballroom Dancer
Sharon White
as Ballroom Dancer
John Aron
as Ballroom Dancer
Terry Dane
as Ballroom Dancer
Derek Hartley
as Ballroom Dancer
Douglas Howes
as Ballroom Dancer
Christopher Preston
as Ballroom Dancer
Peter Salmon
as Ballroom Dancer
Peter Sim
as Ballroom Dancer
Graeme Sneddon
as Ballroom Dancer
Graham Tudor Phillips
as Ballroom Dancer
David Turner
as Ballroom Dancer
Barrie J Wilkinson
as Ballroom Dancer
Jim Henson
as Goblins (uncredited)
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