Willow (1988)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $57,269,863Details
Further financial details...

Synopsis

When young Willow Ufgood finds an abandoned baby girl, he learns she is destined to end the reign of the wicked Queen Bavmorda. In order to protect the child, Willow must team up with a rogue swordsman and overcome the forces of darkness in the ultimate battle of good versus evil!

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$8,300,169 (14.5% of total gross)
Legs:6.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,024 opening theaters/1,209 max. theaters, 7.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $146,727,895

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,595 $57,269,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,798 $57,269,863

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu
Disney+:Disney+

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 20th, 1988 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: November 5th, 2020 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: July 6th, 1994 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 126 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Intertitle, Prologue, Royalty, Good vs. Evil, Fairies, Dragon, Sword & Sorcerer, Exile, Prophecy, Talking Animals, Romance, Dysfunctional Family, Romeo and Juliet Romance, Cross-Dressing, Visual Effects, Heroic Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Lucasfilm, Imagine Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 343 $6,944,890 Jul 1, 1988 45
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 148 $7,556,144 May 27, 1988 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 124 $20,774,801 May 27, 1988 10

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 20, 1988 1 $8,300,169   1,024 $8,106   $8,300,169 1
May 27, 1988 3 $7,556,144 -9% 1,030 $7,336   $18,611,739 2
Jun 3, 1988 5 $5,002,969 -34% 1,030 $4,857   $25,326,281 3
Jun 10, 1988 8 $3,251,512 -35% 1,048 $3,103   $30,656,338 4
Jun 17, 1988 7 $2,915,922 -10% 1,029 $2,834   $35,341,622 5
Jun 24, 1988 8 $2,541,603 -13% 1,201 $2,116   $39,555,153 6
Jul 1, 1988 9 $2,525,974 -1% 1,209 $2,089   $43,623,457 7
Jul 15, 1988 15 $1,101,539   846 $1,302   $48,076,190 9

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 20, 1988 1 $11,055,595   1,024 $10,796   $11,055,595 1
May 27, 1988 3 $9,267,717 -16% 1,030 $8,998   $20,323,312 2
Jun 3, 1988 5 $7,081,514 -24% 1,030 $6,875   $27,404,826 3
Jun 10, 1988 7 $5,020,874 -29% 1,048 $4,791   $32,425,700 4
Jun 17, 1988 7 $4,587,850 -9% 1,029 $4,459   $37,013,550 5
Jun 24, 1988 8 $4,083,933 -11% 1,201 $3,400   $41,097,483 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/5/2020 $213 1 1 1 $0 11/13/2020
 
International Total$0 11/13/2020

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 17, 20131132,189 32,189$486,049$486,049976
Feb 3, 2019915,672 170,909$313,134$3,214,4011,283
Feb 10, 2019188,474 179,383$169,147$3,383,5481,284

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Leading Cast

Val Kilmer    Madmartigan
Joanne Whalley    Sorsha
Warwick Davis    Willow Ufgood

Supporting Cast

Billy Barty    High Aldwin
Jean Marsh    Queen Bavmorda
Gavan O'Herlihy    Airk Thaughbaer
Patricia Hayes    Fin Raziel
Phil Fondacaro    Vohnkar
Pat Roach    Gen. Kael
Rick Overton    Franjean
Kevin Pollak    Rool
David Steinberg    Meegosh
Tony Cox    Vohnkar warrior
Robert Gillibrand    Vohnkar Warrior
Mark Northover    Burglekutt
Maria Holvoe    Cherlindrea
Julie Peters    Kiaya
Mark Vande Brake    Ranon
Dawn Downing    Mims
Michael Cotterill    Druid
Zulema Dene    Ethna
Joanna Dickens    Barmaid
Jennifer Guy    The Wench
Ron Tarr    Llug
Sallyanne Law    Mother
Ruth Greenfield    Elora Danan
Kate Greenfield    Elora Danan

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ron Howard    Director
Bob Doleman    Screenwriter
George Lucas    Story Creator
Nigel Wooll    Producer
George Lucas    Executive Producer
James Horner    Composer
Joe Johnston    Associate Producer
Ken Baker    Assistant Director
Micky Moore    Second Unit Director
Allan Cameron    Production Designer
Tim Hutchinson    Art Director
Tony Reading    Art Director
Malcolm Stone    Art Director
Adrian Biddle    Director of Photography
Paul Beeson    Second Unit Camera
Paul Wilson    Second Unit Camera
Dennis Muren    Visual Effects Designer
Michael McAlister    Visual Effects Designer
Phil Tippett    Visual Effects Designer
John Richardson    Special Effects Supervisor
Barbara Lane    Costume Designer
Rosemary Burrows    Costume Supervisor
Daniel Hanley    Editor
Michael Hill    Editor
Richard Hiscott    Editor
Ivan Sharrock    Sound Mixer
Ben Burtt    Re-recording Mixer
Gary Summers    Re-recording Mixer
Shawn Murphy    Re-recording Mixer
Richard Hymns    Supervising Sound Editor
Teresa Eckton    Sound Effects Editor
David Stone    Sound Effects Editor
Sandina Bailo-Lape    Sound Effects Editor
Ben Burtt    Sound Designer
Michael Silvers    Dialogue Editor
Karen Spangenberg    Dialogue Editor
Rob Fruchtman    Dialogue Editor
E. Larry Oatfield*    Dialogue Editor
Jim Henrikson    Music Editor
Nick Dudman    Creature Designer
Alan Boyle    Make up
Barbara Ritchie    Hairstylist
Noel Davis    Casting Director
Jeremy Zimmermann    Casting Director
Jane Jenkins    Casting Director
Janet Hirshenson    Casting Director
Gerry Crampton    Stunt Coordinator
Lee Cleary    Assistant Director
Chris Corbould    Special Effects

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

Blu-ray Sales: March 17th, 2013: Lively Starts for Guardians and Pi

April 29th, 2013

New releases did better on Blu-ray than they did on DVD with eight films charting on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. They were led by Rise of the Guardians, which sold 584,000 units / $11.77 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 42%, which is strong, for a kids movie. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 2nd, 2013

April 1st, 2013

It's a bad week on the home market. The biggest release of the week is a mini-series, The Bible, but it is earning just about as much criticism as praise. (And not just for the Obama / Satan fiasco.) After that release, the quality quickly drops, so much so that there's a 1950s TV on DVD release on the front page of the new releases. As far as Pick of the Week contenders are concerned, there are not many. The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled is awesome, but it has a high price and if you are a fan, then you likely have all or nearly all of the movies it contains. The only other major contender is John Dies at the End. It's too bizarre for most moviegoers, but if you are into these types of films, then the DVD or the Blu-ray are worth it. More...

Featured Blu-ray: Willow

March 30th, 2013

Willow came out 25 years ago. It was a fantasy epic that cost $50 million to make and was written by George Lucas, who was coming off of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. It was directed by Ron Howard, who hadn't yet had any monster hits, but both Splash and Cocoon were very profitable and well received. This film had high expectations. It didn't live up to them. Its reviews were merely mixed and it came nowhere near becoming the $100 million hit like a lot of people thought it would. Now that 25 years have passed and the expectations are not there, does it work? Or would it have failed to find an audience even with lowered expectations? More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 12th, 2013

March 13th, 2013

There are not many first run releases coming out on the home market this week, but two of them, Life of Pi and Rise of the Guardians, rose to Pick of the Week status. For that honor, we have to turn to an older release, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which celebrated its 25th Anniversary by coming out on Blu-ray for the first time. Yes, it is shovelware, but it is still the best movie on this week's list. If you don't have the DVD already and really don't like Pan & Scan, you might want to wait till Disney fixes the mix-up with the DVD portion of the Combo Pack. More...


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  7. Trailer

Synopsis

When young Willow Ufgood finds an abandoned baby girl, he learns she is destined to end the reign of the wicked Queen Bavmorda. In order to protect the child, Willow must team up with a rogue swordsman and overcome the forces of darkness in the ultimate battle of good versus evil!

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$8,300,169 (14.5% of total gross)
Legs:6.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,024 opening theaters/1,209 max. theaters, 7.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $146,727,895

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,595 $57,269,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,798 $57,269,863

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu
Disney+:Disney+

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 20th, 1988 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: November 5th, 2020 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: July 6th, 1994 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 126 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Intertitle, Prologue, Royalty, Good vs. Evil, Fairies, Dragon, Sword & Sorcerer, Exile, Prophecy, Talking Animals, Romance, Dysfunctional Family, Romeo and Juliet Romance, Cross-Dressing, Visual Effects, Heroic Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Lucasfilm, Imagine Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 343 $6,944,890 Jul 1, 1988 45
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 148 $7,556,144 May 27, 1988 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 124 $20,774,801 May 27, 1988 10

Leading Cast

Val Kilmer    Madmartigan
Joanne Whalley    Sorsha
Warwick Davis    Willow Ufgood

Supporting Cast

Billy Barty    High Aldwin
Jean Marsh    Queen Bavmorda
Gavan O'Herlihy    Airk Thaughbaer
Patricia Hayes    Fin Raziel
Phil Fondacaro    Vohnkar
Pat Roach    Gen. Kael
Rick Overton    Franjean
Kevin Pollak    Rool
David Steinberg    Meegosh
Tony Cox    Vohnkar warrior
Robert Gillibrand    Vohnkar Warrior
Mark Northover    Burglekutt
Maria Holvoe    Cherlindrea
Julie Peters    Kiaya
Mark Vande Brake    Ranon
Dawn Downing    Mims
Michael Cotterill    Druid
Zulema Dene    Ethna
Joanna Dickens    Barmaid
Jennifer Guy    The Wench
Ron Tarr    Llug
Sallyanne Law    Mother
Ruth Greenfield    Elora Danan
Kate Greenfield    Elora Danan

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ron Howard    Director
Bob Doleman    Screenwriter
George Lucas    Story Creator
Nigel Wooll    Producer
George Lucas    Executive Producer
James Horner    Composer
Joe Johnston    Associate Producer
Ken Baker    Assistant Director
Micky Moore    Second Unit Director
Allan Cameron    Production Designer
Tim Hutchinson    Art Director
Tony Reading    Art Director
Malcolm Stone    Art Director
Adrian Biddle    Director of Photography
Paul Beeson    Second Unit Camera
Paul Wilson    Second Unit Camera
Dennis Muren    Visual Effects Designer
Michael McAlister    Visual Effects Designer
Phil Tippett    Visual Effects Designer
John Richardson    Special Effects Supervisor
Barbara Lane    Costume Designer
Rosemary Burrows    Costume Supervisor
Daniel Hanley    Editor
Michael Hill    Editor
Richard Hiscott    Editor
Ivan Sharrock    Sound Mixer
Ben Burtt    Re-recording Mixer
Gary Summers    Re-recording Mixer
Shawn Murphy    Re-recording Mixer
Richard Hymns    Supervising Sound Editor
Teresa Eckton    Sound Effects Editor
David Stone    Sound Effects Editor
Sandina Bailo-Lape    Sound Effects Editor
Ben Burtt    Sound Designer
Michael Silvers    Dialogue Editor
Karen Spangenberg    Dialogue Editor
Rob Fruchtman    Dialogue Editor
E. Larry Oatfield*    Dialogue Editor
Jim Henrikson    Music Editor
Nick Dudman    Creature Designer
Alan Boyle    Make up
Barbara Ritchie    Hairstylist
Noel Davis    Casting Director
Jeremy Zimmermann    Casting Director
Jane Jenkins    Casting Director
Janet Hirshenson    Casting Director
Gerry Crampton    Stunt Coordinator
Lee Cleary    Assistant Director
Chris Corbould    Special Effects

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

Blu-ray Sales: March 17th, 2013: Lively Starts for Guardians and Pi

April 29th, 2013

New releases did better on Blu-ray than they did on DVD with eight films charting on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. They were led by Rise of the Guardians, which sold 584,000 units / $11.77 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 42%, which is strong, for a kids movie. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 2nd, 2013

April 1st, 2013

It's a bad week on the home market. The biggest release of the week is a mini-series, The Bible, but it is earning just about as much criticism as praise. (And not just for the Obama / Satan fiasco.) After that release, the quality quickly drops, so much so that there's a 1950s TV on DVD release on the front page of the new releases. As far as Pick of the Week contenders are concerned, there are not many. The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled is awesome, but it has a high price and if you are a fan, then you likely have all or nearly all of the movies it contains. The only other major contender is John Dies at the End. It's too bizarre for most moviegoers, but if you are into these types of films, then the DVD or the Blu-ray are worth it. More...

Featured Blu-ray: Willow

March 30th, 2013

Willow came out 25 years ago. It was a fantasy epic that cost $50 million to make and was written by George Lucas, who was coming off of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. It was directed by Ron Howard, who hadn't yet had any monster hits, but both Splash and Cocoon were very profitable and well received. This film had high expectations. It didn't live up to them. Its reviews were merely mixed and it came nowhere near becoming the $100 million hit like a lot of people thought it would. Now that 25 years have passed and the expectations are not there, does it work? Or would it have failed to find an audience even with lowered expectations? More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 12th, 2013

March 13th, 2013

There are not many first run releases coming out on the home market this week, but two of them, Life of Pi and Rise of the Guardians, rose to Pick of the Week status. For that honor, we have to turn to an older release, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which celebrated its 25th Anniversary by coming out on Blu-ray for the first time. Yes, it is shovelware, but it is still the best movie on this week's list. If you don't have the DVD already and really don't like Pan & Scan, you might want to wait till Disney fixes the mix-up with the DVD portion of the Combo Pack. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 20, 1988 1 $8,300,169   1,024 $8,106   $8,300,169 1
May 27, 1988 3 $7,556,144 -9% 1,030 $7,336   $18,611,739 2
Jun 3, 1988 5 $5,002,969 -34% 1,030 $4,857   $25,326,281 3
Jun 10, 1988 8 $3,251,512 -35% 1,048 $3,103   $30,656,338 4
Jun 17, 1988 7 $2,915,922 -10% 1,029 $2,834   $35,341,622 5
Jun 24, 1988 8 $2,541,603 -13% 1,201 $2,116   $39,555,153 6
Jul 1, 1988 9 $2,525,974 -1% 1,209 $2,089   $43,623,457 7
Jul 15, 1988 15 $1,101,539   846 $1,302   $48,076,190 9

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 20, 1988 1 $11,055,595   1,024 $10,796   $11,055,595 1
May 27, 1988 3 $9,267,717 -16% 1,030 $8,998   $20,323,312 2
Jun 3, 1988 5 $7,081,514 -24% 1,030 $6,875   $27,404,826 3
Jun 10, 1988 7 $5,020,874 -29% 1,048 $4,791   $32,425,700 4
Jun 17, 1988 7 $4,587,850 -9% 1,029 $4,459   $37,013,550 5
Jun 24, 1988 8 $4,083,933 -11% 1,201 $3,400   $41,097,483 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/5/2020 $213 1 1 1 $0 11/13/2020
 
International Total$0 11/13/2020

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 17, 20131132,189 32,189$486,049$486,049976
Feb 3, 2019915,672 170,909$313,134$3,214,4011,283
Feb 10, 2019188,474 179,383$169,147$3,383,5481,284

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.