The Last Starfighter
“Alex Rogan was a small town boy with big dreams. But in his wildest dreams, he never suspected that tonight he would become The Last Starfighter.”
Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
Genres
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Last Starfighter performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$28.7M
Gross Profit
$13.7M
Return
1.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
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
Alex Rogan
Lance Guest
Alex Rogan
Centauri
Robert Preston
Centauri
Louis Rogan
Chris Hebert
Louis Rogan
Enduran
Kay E. Kuter
Enduran
Lord Kril
Dan Mason
Lord Kril
Grig
Dan O'Herlihy
Grig
Maggie Gordon
Catherine Mary Stewart
Maggie Gordon
Jane Rogan
Barbara Bosson
Jane Rogan
Xur
Norman Snow
Xur
Rylan Bursar
John O'Leary
Rylan Bursar
Kodan Officer
George McDaniel
Kodan Officer
Rylan Technician
Charlene Nelson
Rylan Technician
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