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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1980 PG 2h 4m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox

The Star Wars saga continues.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Box Office

Opening Weekend
$4.91M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$291.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$549M
$257.3M international
Domestic Legs59.4x
Budget$23M
1980 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 23-25, 1980 1 $4.91M $7.24M 126 $39.0K 1
Jun 13-15, 1980 3 $3.61M $15.19M 126 $28.6K 4
Jun 20-22, 1980 1 $10.48M +191% $47.33M 823 $12.7K 5
Jun 27-29, 1980 1 $9.22M -12% $64.90M 821 $11.2K 6
Jul 4-6, 1980 1 $8.31M -10% $81.96M 880 $9.4K 7
Jul 11-13, 1980 1 $6.65M -20% $94.30M 858 $7.8K 8
Jul 18-20, 1980 1 $6.72M +1% $105.71M 1,089 $6.2K 9
Jul 25-27, 1980 1 $7.13M +6% $118.31M 1,278 $5.6K 10
Aug 1-3, 1980 1 $5.76M -19% $130.00M 1,139 $5.1K 11
Aug 8-10, 1980 1 $4.55M -21% $139.07M 1,195 $3.8K 12
Aug 15-17, 1980 2 $4.32M -5% $145.89M 1,208 $3.6K 13
Jul 31-Aug 2, 1981 1 $7.00M $188.36M 1,364 $5.1K 63
Aug 7-9, 1981 2 $4.02M -43% $196.61M 1,382 $2.9K 64
Aug 14-16, 1981 7 $2.08M -48% $200.88M 969 $2.1K 65
Nov 19-21, 1982 1 $3.95M $213.35M 992 $4.0K 131
Nov 26-28, 1982 4 $3.63M -8% $219.03M 992 $3.7K 132
Dec 3-5, 1982 4 $1.57M -57% $221.29M 909 $1.7K 133
Dec 10-12, 1982 7 $570K -64% $222.25M 600 $951 134
Dec 17-19, 1982 16 $206K -64% $222.67M 600 $344 135
Feb 21-23, 1997 1 $21.98M $244.65M 2,111 $10.4K 875
Feb 28-Mar 2, 1997 1 $13.15M -40% $262.90M 2,111 $6.2K 876
Mar 7-9, 1997 3 $8.05M -39% $274.41M 2,116 $3.8K 877
Mar 14-16, 1997 5 $5.13M -36% $282.22M 2,322 $2.2K 878
Mar 21-23, 1997 9 $2.43M -53% $286.03M 1,723 $1.4K 879
Mar 28-30, 1997 16 $928K -62% $287.90M 591 $1.6K 880
Apr 4-6, 1997 24 $452K -51% $288.80M 294 $1.5K 881
Apr 11-13, 1997 31 $199K -56% $289.12M 190 $1.0K 882
Apr 18-20, 1997 41 $102K -49% $289.28M 136 $749 883
Apr 25-27, 1997 22 $380K +272% $289.70M 751 $505 884
May 2-4, 1997 28 $194K -49% $290.02M 383 $507 885
May 9-11, 1997 34 $77K -61% $290.16M 189 $405 886
Sep 25-27, 2020 5 $908K $291.18M 2,097 $433 2106
Oct 2-4, 2020 $335K -63% $291.51M 1,675 $200 2107
Oct 9-11, 2020 $145K -57% $291.66M 825 $176 2108
Oct 16-18, 2020 $79K -46% $291.74M 480 $165 2109

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byIrvin Kershner
ScreenplayLeigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan
StarringMark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse
Studio20th Century Fox
Produced byGary Kurtz

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