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Released
1985 · FILM

Ladyhawke

A cursed knight who becomes a wolf by night and his lover, a hawk by day, enlist a roguish thief to topple the tyrannical Bishop before their magical separation becomes permanent.

“No force in Heaven will release them. No power on Earth can save them.”

Directed by
Richard Donner
Written by
Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
121 min
AdventureComedyDrama

Synopsis

Captain Etienne Navarre is burdened by a cruel curse, a punishment for their mutual love. By night, Navarre transforms into a wolf, while his lover, Lady Isabeau, becomes a hawk by day. Alongside the thief Philippe Gaston, they set out on a mission to overthrow the corrupt Bishop, hoping to break the spell.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 40

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Stuart BairdShot by Vittorio StoraroScored by Andrew PowellDesigned by Wolf Kroeger

Box Office

1985 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× 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

$18.4M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$18.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.5M — 19% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $4.5M — 25% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,056 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Tag des Falkende

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