The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Don't leave Earth without it.”
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Studio
Spyglass Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$104.5M
Gross Profit
$54.5M
Return
2.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$12M
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
Arthur Dent
Martin Freeman
Arthur Dent
Ford Prefect
Yasiin Bey
Ford Prefect
Trillian
Zooey Deschanel
Trillian
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Sam Rockwell
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Marvin (voice)
Alan Rickman
Marvin (voice)
Questular Rontok
Anna Chancellor
Questular Rontok
Slartibartfast
Bill Nighy
Slartibartfast
Jeltz (voice)
Richard Griffiths
Jeltz (voice)
Humma Kavula
John Malkovich
Humma Kavula
Deep Thought (voice)
Helen Mirren
Deep Thought (voice)
Eddie the Computer (voice)
Thomas Lennon
Eddie the Computer (voice)
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
Stephen Fry
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
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