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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace(1999)
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1999 · FILM

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

A Jedi Master and his apprentice must stop a sinister Trade Federation invasion of Naboo, navigating political deception, a droid army, and an unlikely Gungan ally to protect the Galactic Republic.

“Every saga has a beginning.”

Directed by
George Lucas, Bernard Bellew
Written by
George Lucas, Benton Jew
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
136 min
ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave with a strong connection to the Force, is found on Tatooine. At the same time, the Sith, a long-feared and evil order, have returned and are carrying out a plan for revenge against the Jedi.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 947+ 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 Ben BurttShot by David TattersallScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Gavin BocquetSound by Tom Bellfort Nm0068938Costumes by Trisha BiggarStunts by Nick GillardVFX by Chris Del Conte

Box Office

1999 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.1× 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

$1.05B

Budget$115.0M
Worldwide gross$1.05B
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $431.1M — 41% of worldwide · International: $615.4M (59%)

Opening weekend: $40.8M — 9% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $40.8M — 9% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,970 theaters

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Re-release box office

20242,700 theaters
$23.4M($24.7M today)

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

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • Theatrical Version· 133 min

Also known as

  • Star Wars: Die dunkle Bedrohungde
  • Star Wars: Episode I – Die dunkle Bedrohungde
  • Star Wars Episode Ien
  • Star Wars: Episodio I - La amenaza fantasmaes
  • Star Wars : Episode I - La Menace fantômefr
  • Star Wars 1 : La menace fantômefr
  • Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fantasmait
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesMay 16, 1999
  • CanadaMay 19, 1999
  • Puerto RicoMay 27, 1999
  • SingaporeMay 28, 1999

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