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Released
1980 · FILM

Saturn 3

Some thing is watching... waiting... and wanting on...

Directed by
Runtime
87 min
AdventureHorrorSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

In a future where Earth is overcrowded and dependent on distant bases for sustenance, the Saturn 3 station is home to Major Adam and scientist Alex, who has never been to Earth. The two, who are also lovers, have spent three years researching hydroponics on the station, accompanied only by their dog, Sally. Captain Benson arrives at Saturn 3 with a robot named Hector, which, due to Benson's inability to control his emotions, has absorbed his homicidal tendencies and insanity. Now, Major Adam and Alex are trapped on the station with a dangerous, psychopathic robot.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Richard MardenShot by Billy WilliamsScored by Elmer BernsteinDesigned by Stuart Craig

Box Office

1980 · 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

$4.9M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$4.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Saturn 3de
  • Saturn-Cityde
  • Saturn 3en
  • Saturno 3es
  • Saturno 3it

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