United Kingdom Box Office for Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $10,105,175Details
Worldwide Box Office $549,001,086Details
Home Market Performance
North America Blu-ray Sales $4,750,981 Details
Total North America Video Sales $4,750,981
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$23,000,000
United Kingdom Releases: May 20th, 1980 (Wide)
July 24th, 2015 (Limited), released as Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema 2015), The
Video Release: September 12th, 2006 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for sci-fi action violence.
Running Time: 124 minutes
Franchise: Star Wars
Keywords: Visual Effects, Heroic Adventure, Fugitive / On the Run, Good vs. Evil, Rebellion, Mentor, Friendly Ghost
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lucasfilm
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend predictions: Tenet to top glum box office for fifth week

October 1st, 2020

Tenet

September is normally the slowest month of the year at the box office as the Summer season winds down and studios start prepping for the holidays and Oscar season. The build-up to the end of the year usually starts in early October. This weekend last year, for example, Joker opened with a massive $96 million weekend that kicked off a big Fall season. This year, a re-release of Hocus Pocus is the highlight, and $3 million will be enough to top the chart. Times really are dismal, and our model is predicting another down week. Unless a new release surprises in October (something that looks unlikely, given the slate), we’ll be headed for a down month at the box office, at a time when the industry desperately needs some good news. More...

Weekend estimates: Tenet leads lackluster weekend

September 27th, 2020

Tenet

This was never going to be a weekend for the record books, but the estimates released on Sunday morning reveal a theatrical market that’s barely clinging to life. With no major new releases, Tenet will win by default, but its $3.4 million projected weekend is down 28% from last time around, and the market as a whole looks as though it has weakened by about 20% in the last seven days. The biggest new release of the weekend is almost certainly Break the Silence: The Movie, which is rumored to have opened with around $1 million, putting it in a tie for third with Unhinged. The New Mutants remains in second place, with Disney projecting $1.147 million for the weekend. More...

Weekend predictions: movies are showing better legs during the pandemic

September 24th, 2020

Disney’s announcement earlier this week that it is moving its upcoming MCU releases into 2021, starting with Black Widow taking over Shang Chi’s previous slot on May 7, was a body-blow to the theatrical business. October’s release schedule is now looking very thin indeed. November isn’t looking much better, and there’s a high probability that at least one of No Time to Die, Soul, and The Croods: A New Age will slip from their current planned release dates.

This weekend has four films technically opening wide: the re-release of The Empire Strikes Back, Shortcut (an Italian horror movie from Gravitas Ventures, opening in around 600 locations), and two movies honoring Ruth Bader Ginsberg, On the Basis of Sex and RBG. However, all of them are such special cases that they don’t fit our prediction model. Instead, I’ll focus on a rare piece of good news: films currently playing in theaters are showing better week-to-week legs than was the case before the pandemic. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Empire Strikes Back, Again

July 14th, 2020

Disney

For the third time in the past 40 years, The Empire Strikes Back opened in first place on the weekend box office chart. According to Deadline, the film pulled in $611,000 over the three-day weekend for a total opening of $644,000. This puts it near the very top of the pandemic re-releases, ahead of last week’s winner, Ghostbusters, looking at the three-day figure, but behind it over five. More...

2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Part I

November 23rd, 2011

This weekend is Thanksgiving and as always that means Black Friday and Cyber Monday plus 48 hours of shopping in-between. And as always, I've already done my Christmas shopping, for the most part. (I'm still waiting to see if the B.C.Lions win the Grey Cup. If not, I'll need to look for an alternative gift.) For everyone else who is still searching, we present the first part in our annual Holiday Gift Guide. As usual, the gift guide is divided into several sections, starting with Major Movie Releases. These are first run releases, franchise box sets, etc. However, before we get into the individual titles, we will start with an update on... More...

Blu-ray Sales: Transformers Soar Past the Moon

October 14th, 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon dominated the new releases and the Blu-ray sales chart in a way few films have managed. It sold 1.42 million units generating $29.66 million from Friday through Sunday. Its opening Blu-ray ratio was 64%, which is a record for a first-run release. It also represented 68% of all Blu-rays sold, which is mind-boggling. More...

Blu-ray Sales: Bridesmaids Highlight of Banner Week

October 5th, 2011

Bridesmaids led the way on the Blu-ray sales chart, just as it did on the DVD sales chart. It was by far the best new release selling 593,000 units and generating $13.30 million in revenue. Its opening week Blu-ray ratio was 30%, which is very high for this type of release and further proof Blu-ray is taking over from DVD. More...

Blu-ray Sales: Thor Goes to War

September 28th, 2011

There are three major releases on this week's Blu-ray sales chart, including one that was released a little early, and one that was released a little late. Leading the way in terms of units sold is Thor with 799,000 units / $22.00 million. Its opening Blu-ray ratio was just a hair under 50% and that's a figure that will quickly become the norm for blockbuster releases. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for September 13th, 2011

September 13th, 2011

It is an incredibly busy week on the home market with several major releases, including Thor on Blu-ray, as well as Star Wars The Complete Saga, which comes out this Friday. Unfortunately, neither of the screeners have arrived yet, so it is hard to tell if they are pick of the week material. I figured Star Wars would easily take that honor, but the changes made have pissed off enough people that I think it's best that I hold off making a judgment till after it arrives. After spending way too long trying to pick between the two, I'm going with Degrassi: Season Ten, Part Two instead. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2015/07/03 7 $457,884   1 $457,884   $2,799,711 1,833
2015/07/10 7 $445,310 -3% 1 $445,310   $3,391,147 1,834
2015/07/17 11 $474,414 +7% 1 $474,414   $4,061,547 1,835
2015/07/24 9 $473,007 n/c 1 $473,007   $4,668,733 1,836
2015/07/31 9 $461,656 -2% 1 $461,656   $5,310,686 1,837
2015/08/07 8 $404,872 -12% 1 $404,872   $5,805,012 1,838
2015/08/14 12 $451,563 +12% 1 $451,563   $6,447,039 1,839
2015/08/21 12 $437,323 -3% 1 $437,323   $7,076,272 1,840
2015/08/28 12 $421,851 -4% 1 $421,851   $7,478,118 1,841
2015/09/04 12 $398,762 -5% 1 $398,762   $7,901,633 1,842
2015/09/11 10 $391,987 -2% 1 $391,987   $8,499,776 1,843
2015/09/18 7 $438,561 +12% 1 $438,561   $9,145,219 1,844
2015/09/25 8 $447,239 +2% 1 $447,239   $9,583,311 1,845
2020/07/17 2 $41,846   115 $364   $9,173,025 2,096
2020/07/24 6 $25,913 -38% 92 $282   $9,404,023 2,097
2020/07/31 4 $40,894 +58% 157 $260   $9,722,283 2,098
2020/08/07 - $36,021 -12% 132 $273   $9,733,516 2,099
2020/08/14 14 $15,882 -56% 87 $183   $9,823,196 2,100
2020/08/21 11 $36,934 +133% 177 $209   $9,873,949 2,101
2020/11/06 - $699   1 $699   $10,105,175 2,112

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 9/11/2020 $230,344 191 191 200 $251,612 1/15/2021
Czech Republic 7/24/2020 $5,204 9 9 9 $5,204 10/19/2022
Netherlands 12/12/1980 $0 0 51 51 $24,342 10/19/2022
New Zealand 4/10/1997 $0 0 62 62 $29,775 10/19/2022
North America 7/31/1981 $4,910,483 126 2,322 35,471 $291,738,960
United Kingdom 5/20/1980 $0 0 177 875 $10,105,175 11/11/2020
 
Rest of World $246,846,018
 
Worldwide Total$549,001,086 10/19/2022

Leading Cast

Mark Hamill    Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford    Hans Solo
Carrie Fisher    Princess Leia Organa

Supporting Cast

Billy Dee Williams    Lando Calrissian
Anthony Daniels    C-3PO
David Prowse    Darth Vader
Kenny Baker    R2-D2
Peter Mayhew    Chewbacca
Frank Oz    Yoda
Alec Guinness    Jedi Knight Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi
Jeremy Bulloch    Boba Fett/Imperial Officer at Cloud City
John Hollis    Lando's Aide
Jack Purvis    Chief Ugnaught
Des Webb    Snow Creature
Clive Revill    Voice of Emperor
Kenneth Colley    Captain/Admiral Piett
Julian Glover    General Veers
Michael Sheard    Admiral Ozzel
Michael Culver    Captain Needa
John Dicks    Officer
Milton Johns    Officer
Mark Jones    Officer
Oliver Maguire    Officer
Robin Scobey    Officer
Bruce Boa    General Rieekan
Christopher Malcolm    Zev, Rogue 2
Dennis Lawson    Wedge, Rogue 3
Richard Oldfield    Hobbie, Rogue 4
John Morton    Dak, Luke's Gunner
Ian Liston    Janson, Wedge's Gunner
John Ratzenberger    Major Bren Derlin
Jack McKenzie    Deck Lieutenant
Jerry Harte    Head Controller
Norman Chancer    Officer
Norwich Duff    Officer
Ray Hassett    Officer
Brigitte Kahn    Officer
Burnell Tucker    Officer
James Earl Jones    Voice of Darth Vader

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Irvin Kershner    Director
Leigh Brackett    Screenwriter
Lawrence Kasdan    Screenwriter
George Lucas    Based on a Story by
Gary Kurtz    Producer
George Lucas    Executive Producer
Norman Reynolds    Production Designer
Ralph McQuarrie    Production Designer-Design Consultant and Conceptual Artist
Paul Hirsch    Editor
John Williams    Composer
Peter Suschitzky    Director of Photography
Robert Watts    Associate Producer
James Bloom    Associate Producer
Bruce Sharman    Production Supervisor
David Tomblin    Assistant Director
Harley Cokliss    Second Unit Director
John Barry    Second Unit Director
Peter MacDonald    Second Unit Director
Leslie Dilley    Art Director
Harry Lange    Art Director
Alan Tomkins    Art Director
Michael Ford    Set Decorator
Chris Menges    Second Unit Camera
Geoff Glover    Second Unit Camera
Brian Johnson, Jr.    Visual Effects Designer
Richard Edlund    Visual Effects Designer
Dennis Muren    Visual Effects-Director of Photography
Bruce Nicholson    Visual Effects-Optical Photography Supervisor
John Mollo    Costume Designer
Tiny Nicholls    Costume Supervisor
Peter Sutton    Sound Mixer
Bill Varney    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Maslow    Re-recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker    Re-recording Mixer
Ben Burtt    Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Richard Burrow    Sound Editor
Teresa Eckton    Sound Editor
Bonnie Koehler    Sound Editor
Ben Burtt    Sound Designer
Curt Schulkey    Dialogue Editor
Leslie Shatz    Dialogue Editor
Joanne D'Antonio    Dialogue Editor
Ken Wannberg    Supervising Music Editor
Graham Freeborn    Make up
Barbara Ritchie    Hairstylist
Stuart Freeborn    Special Make up Effects-Creature Design
Irene Lamb    Casting Director
Terry Liebling    Casting Director
Bob Edmiston    Casting Director
Peter Diamond    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.