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Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi(1983)
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1983 · FILM

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo must escape the deadly clutches of Jabba the Hutt and a Sarlacc pit on Tatooine, using wit, courage, and the power of the Force to save their lives and restore their freedom.

“Return to a galaxy far far away.”

Directed by
Richard Marquand, Roy Button
Written by
Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
131 min
AdventureFantasySci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star. The Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station, and Luke confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the Emperor.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 446+ 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 Sean BartonShot by Alan HumeScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Norman ReynoldsSound by Ben BurttCostumes by Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Box Office

1983 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.8× 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

$252.6M

Budget$32.4M
Worldwide gross$252.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $252.6M — 100% of worldwide · International: $18K (0%)

Opening weekend: $10.6M — 4% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $10.6M — 4% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,002 theaters

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Re-release box office

2023475 theaters
$12.4M($13.4M today)
1985894 theaters
$15.1M($46.5M today)
Total re-release
$27.5M

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

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • special edition· 134 min

Also known as

  • Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritterde
  • Star Wars - Episode IV: Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritterde
  • Star Wars - Episode VI: Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritterde
  • Star Wars: Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritterde
  • Star Wars: Episode VI - Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritterde
  • Star Wars: Episode VI - Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritterde
  • Return of the Jedien
  • Star Wars Episode VIen
  • Star Wars: episodio VI - el retorno del Jedies
  • Le Retour du Jedifr
  • Star Wars : Le retour du Jedifr
  • Star Wars, épisode VI : Le Retour du Jedifr
  • (poster title)Guerra nas Estrelas: O Retorno de Jedi
  • Il ritorno dello Jediit
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesMay 23, 1983
  • CanadaMay 25, 1983
  • CubaMay 27, 1983

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