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Released
1981 · FILM

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

“The untold story of the man behind the mask, and the legend behind the man.”

Directed by
William A Fraker
Written by
William Roberts, Michael Kane
Runtime
98 min
ActionAdventureDrama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 Thomas StanfordShot by Laszlo KovacsScored by John BarryDesigned by Albert Brenner

Box Office

1981 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× 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

$2.9M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$2.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $4.4M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.4M — 35% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,018 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Legende vom einsamen Rangerde
  • Legend of The Lone Rangeren
  • La leyenda del Llanero Solitarioes
  • Le Justicier solitairefr
  • La leggenda del ranger solitarioit

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