Netherlands Box Office for Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
Netherlands Box Office | $24,342 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $549,001,086 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America Blu-ray Sales | $4,751,485 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $4,751,485 | |
Further financial details... |
Metrics
Movie Details
Production Budget: | $23,000,000 |
Netherlands Releases: | December 12th, 1980 (Wide) |
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 |
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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
Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
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2020/07/03 | 18 | $24,342 | 51 | $477 | $24,342 | 2,065 |
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.