Spaceballs
“May the schwartz be with you.”
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Genres
Comedy, Science Fiction
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Language
en
Status
Released
How Spaceballs performed
Budget
$22.7M
Worldwide Gross
$38.1M
Gross Profit
$15.4M
Return
1.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Lone Starr
Bill Pullman
Lone Starr
Dark Helmet
Rick Moranis
Dark Helmet
President Skroob / Yogurt
Mel Brooks
President Skroob / Yogurt
Barf
John Candy
Barf
Princess Vespa
Daphne Zuniga
Princess Vespa
King Roland
Dick Van Patten
King Roland
Colonel Sandurz
George Wyner
Colonel Sandurz
Radar Technician
Michael Winslow
Radar Technician
Dot Matrix (voice)
Joan Rivers
Dot Matrix (voice)
Dot Matrix
Lorene Yarnell Jansson
Dot Matrix
John Hurt
John Hurt
John Hurt
Radio Operator
Sal Viscuso
Radio Operator
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