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Released
1989 · FILM

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

When a rogue Vulcan commandeers the USS Enterprise in pursuit of a legendary planet that may hold God, Captain Kirk must rally his crew to thwart the fanatic’s quest before it endangers the galaxy.

“Adventure and imagination will meet at the final frontier.”

Directed by
William Shatner
Written by
Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
106 min
ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

A renegade Vulcan, harboring a startling secret, hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in search of a mythical planet.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 33

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 Peter E BergerShot by Andrew LaszloScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by Herman F Zimmerman

Box Office

1989 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$63.0M

Budget$33.0M
Worldwide gross$63.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $52.2M — 83% of worldwide · International: $10.8M (17%)

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Also known as

  • Star Trek V - Am Rande des Universumsde
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontieren
  • Star Trek V: la última fronteraes
  • Star Trek 5 : L'Ultime Frontièrefr
  • Star Trek V: L'ultima frontierait

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