Star Wars
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...”
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Genres
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Studio
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Language
en
Status
Released
How Star Wars performed
Budget
$11.0M
Worldwide Gross
$775.4M
Gross Profit
$764.4M
Return
70.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$90M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Luke Skywalker
Mark Hamill
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Harrison Ford
Han Solo
Princess Leia Organa
Carrie Fisher
Princess Leia Organa
Grand Moff Tarkin
Peter Cushing
Grand Moff Tarkin
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Alec Guinness
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
C-3PO
Anthony Daniels
C-3PO
R2-D2
Kenny Baker
R2-D2
Chewbacca
Peter Mayhew
Chewbacca
Darth Vader (performer)
David Prowse
Darth Vader (performer)
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
James Earl Jones
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Owen
Phil Brown
Uncle Owen
Aunt Beru
Shelagh Fraser
Aunt Beru
If you liked Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Return of the Jedi
1983
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019