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Released
1971 · FILM

THX 1138

A compliant technician in a drug‑dependent dystopia rebels against the state’s mind‑control by daring to feel love, risking capture and death as he fights to reclaim his humanity.

“The Future is here.”

Directed by
George Lucas
Written by
George Lucas, Walter Murch
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
86 min
DramaSci-FiThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In a futuristic totalitarian society, a technician named THX 1138 leads a monotonous existence, working while consuming government-prescribed drugs that suppress individuality and maintain control over the population. When THX goes without the drugs for the first time, he experiences emotions and develops feelings for a woman, leading to the beginning of a secret relationship.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 50+ 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 George LucasShot by Albert KihnScored by Lalo Schifrin

Box Office

1971 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× 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

$2.4M

Budget$777K
Worldwide gross$2.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • THX-1138en
  • L'uomo che fuggì dal futuroit

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