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RETURN OF THE JEDI

Domestic Total Gross: $252,583,617
Domestic Lifetime Gross: $309,306,177
Distributor: FoxRelease Date: May 25, 1983
Genre: Sci-Fi FantasyRunning Time: 2 hrs. 14 min.
MPAA Rating: PGProduction Budget: $32.5 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $309,306,177    65.1%
+ Foreign:  $165,800,000    34.9%
= Worldwide:  $475,106,177  

DOMESTIC SUMMARY
Opening Weekend: $23,019,618
(#1 rank, 1,002 theaters, $22,973 average)
% of Total Gross: 9.1%
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Widest Release:  1,764 theaters


FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Series: Star Wars 5

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 28
All Time Adjusted 14
All Time Worldwide 77
Yearly 1983 1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1983 1
Yearly PG Rated 1983 1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 66
Opening Weeks 259
Opening Wednesdays 46
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 72
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 25
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 25
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends 14
Opening Weekends 392
Opening Weekends - May 52
Eleventh Weekends 19
Ninth Weekends 8
Tenth Weekends 14
Twelfth Weekends 22
Twelfth Weekends 22
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 13
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) 22
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive) 18
Consecutive Weekends At #1 55
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 17
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5 17
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekend Openers 19
Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends 31
Fourth Weekends 99
Fifth Weekends 35
Seventh Weekends 27
Eighth Weekends 8
Fewest Theaters to Debut at #1 22
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 704
Rated G and PG 10
Rated PG 8
Rated PG, Opening Weekends 80
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends 102
Fastest to $150 million 115
Fastest to $250 million 48
Slowest to $100 million 211
Slowest to $200 million 14
BOM Users' Grades 38
BOM Users' Grades (1983 Releases) 2
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on April 11, 1985) 3
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THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Writers:Lawrence Kasdan
George Lucas
Actors:Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Producer:George Lucas (Executive)
Composer:John Williams
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Readers B+ (5219 votes)
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 3,130 60.0%
Bs: 1,702 32.6%
Cs: 248 4.8%
Ds: 56 1.1%
Fs: 83 1.6%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: Batman - The Complete Animated Series, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Return of the Jedi (1983 & 2004 versions)
• Soundtrack
• Books: Visual Dictionary of Episodes IV - VI, Incredible Cross-Sections of Episodes IV - VI: Ultimate Guide to Vehciles and Spacecraft, The Star Wars Trilogy: Episodes IV - VI by George Lucas, et. al.

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