The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
“Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world.”
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Genres
Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Studio
Sherwood Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension performed
Budget
$17.0M
Worldwide Gross
$6.3M
Gross Profit
−$10.7M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$787K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~34/66, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (37% of the domestic run, typical for Science Fiction) 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
Buckaroo Banzai
Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai
Lord John Whorfin
John Lithgow
Lord John Whorfin
Penny Priddy
Ellen Barkin
Penny Priddy
New Jersey
Jeff Goldblum
New Jersey
John Bigboote
Christopher Lloyd
John Bigboote
Perfect Tommy
Lewis Smith
Perfect Tommy
John Emdall
Rosalind Cash
John Emdall
Professor Hikita
Robert Ito
Professor Hikita
Reno Nevada
Pepe Serna
Reno Nevada
President Widmark
Ronald Lacey
President Widmark
Secretary of Defense
Matt Clark
Secretary of Defense
Rawhide
Clancy Brown
Rawhide
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