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Released
1982 · FILM

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

In 2285, Admiral James T. Kirk is drawn into a high-stakes mission when the mysterious Genesis Device threatens the galaxy, forcing him to confront his past and risk everything to stop a deadly secret from the future.

“At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance.”

Directed by
Nicholas Meyer
Written by
Jack B Sowards, Harve Bennett
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
113 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

The starship Enterprise and its crew are drawn back into action when their former adversary, Khan, steals a highly classified device known as Project Genesis.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 67+ credited

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 William Paul DornischShot by Gayne RescherScored by James HornerDesigned by Joseph R Jennings

Box Office

1982 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.0× 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

$96.6M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$96.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $78.9M — 82% of worldwide · International: $17.7M (18%)

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Re-release box office

2022967 theaters
$795K($898K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Star Trek II - Der Zorn des Khande
  • Star Trek II: Der Zorn des Khande
  • Star Trek: The Wrath of Khanen
  • Star Trek II: la ira de Khanes
  • Star Trek 2 : La Colère de Khanfr
  • Star Trek II - L'ira di Khanit

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