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Released
1985 · FILM

Lifeforce

When ancient space vampires awaken over London, a desperate virologist must halt their deadly contagion before the city—and all of humanity—are drained dry.

In the blink of an eye, the terror begins.

Directed by
Runtime
102 min
ActionHorrorMystery

Synopsis

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 John GroverShot by Alan HumeScored by Henry ManciniDesigned by John Graysmark

Box Office

1985 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$11.6M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$11.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $4.2M 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $6.2M53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,526 theaters

Also known as

  • Lifeforce - Die tödliche Bedrohungde
  • Space Vampiresit

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