Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Twilight Zone: The Movie poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $29,500,000Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,614,366 (22.4% of total gross)
Legs:4.46 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,275 opening theaters/1,288 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $100,955,552

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,039 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,431 $29,500,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 24th, 1983 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 101 minutes
Comparisons: vs. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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Keywords: Segments, In a Plane, Scary Kids, Bigotry, Posthumous Release, Voiceover/Narration, Archival Footage of Previous Installment, Genre Mashup, Supernatural, Monster, Time Travel
Source:Based on TV
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros.
Production Countries: United States

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 232 $5,829,772 Jul 1, 1983 10
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 142 $20,339,424 Jul 1, 1983 10

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,039 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,693 $100,955,552
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,464 $29,500,000
Top 1983 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 22 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on TV Movies (Rank 101-200) 142 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,619 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Fantasy Movies (Rank 201-300) 214 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Horror Movies (Rank 201-300) 227 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 601-700) 687 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies (Rank 401-500) 492 $29,500,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 24, 1983 4 $6,614,366   1,275 $5,188   $6,614,366 1
Jul 1, 1983 4 $5,829,772 -12% 1,288 $4,526   $16,197,870 2
Jul 8, 1983 7 $2,957,273 -49% 1,209 $2,446   $20,936,485 3
Jul 15, 1983 10 $2,054,736 -31% 957 $2,147   $24,548,903 4
Jul 22, 1983 12 $1,328,513 -35% 756 $1,757   $27,012,861 5
Jul 29, 1983 16 $786,000 -41% 582 $1,351   $28,486,539 6
Aug 5, 1983 18 $445,369 -43% 425 $1,048   $29,450,919 7

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 24, 1983 4 $10,368,098   1,275 $8,132   $10,368,098 1
Jul 1, 1983 4 $7,611,114 -27% 1,288 $5,909   $17,979,212 2
Jul 8, 1983 7 $4,514,955 -41% 1,209 $3,734   $22,494,167 3
Jul 15, 1983 10 $3,190,181 -29% 957 $3,334   $25,684,348 4
Jul 22, 1983 12 $2,016,191 -37% 756 $2,667   $27,700,539 5
Jul 29, 1983 16 $1,305,011 -35% 582 $2,242   $29,005,550 6

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,431 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 3,601-3,700) 3,686 $29,500,000
Top 1983 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 22 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on TV Movies (Rank 101-200) 177 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,815 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Fantasy Movies (Rank 301-400) 333 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Horror Movies (Rank 301-400) 317 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 801-900) 811 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies (Rank 501-600) 546 $29,500,000

Supporting Cast

Dan Aykroyd    Passenger/Ambulance Driver (Prologue/Segment #4)
Albert Brooks    Prologue Car Driver
Scatman Crothers    Mr. Bloom (Segment #2)
John Lithgow    John Valentine (Segment #4)
Vic Morrow    Bill Connor (Segment #1)
Kathleen Quinlan    Helen Foley(School Teacher)(Segment#3)
Doug McGrath    Seg. 1--Larry
Charles Hallahan    Seg. 1--Ray
Remus Peets    Seg. 1--German Officer
Kai Wulff    Seg. 1--German Officer
Sue Dugan    Seg. 1--Waitress
Debby Porter    Seg. 1--Waitress
Steven Williams    Seg. 1--Bar Patron
Annette Claudier    Seg. 1--French Mother
Joseph Hieu    Seg. 1--Vietnamese
Albert Leong    Seg. 1--Vietnamese
Stephen Bishop    Seg. 1--Charming G.I.
Thomas Byrd    Seg. 1--G.I.
Vincent J. Isaac    Seg. 1--G.I.
William B. Taylor    Seg. 1--G.I.
Domingo Ambriz    Seg. 1--G.I.
Eddy Donno    Seg. 1--KKK
Michael Milgrom    Seg. 1--KKK
John Larroquette    Seg. 1--KKK
Norbert Weisser    Seg. 1--Soldier
Bill Quinn    Seg. 2--Mr. Conroy
Martin Garner    Seg. 2--Mr. Weinstein
Selma Diamond    Seg. 2--Mrs. Weinstein
Helen Shaw    Seg. 2--Mrs. Dempsey
Murray Matheson    Seg. 2--Mr. Agee
Peter Brocco    Seg. 2--Mr. Mute
Priscilla Pointer    Seg. 2--Miss Cox
Scott Nemes    Seg. 2--Young Mr. Weinstein
Tanya Fenmore    Seg. 2--Young Mrs. Weinstein
Evan Richards    Seg. 2--Young Mr. Agee
Laura Mooney    Seg. 2--Young Mrs. Dempsey
Christopher Eisenmann    Seg. 2--Young Mr. Mute
Richard Swingler    Seg. 2--Mr. Grey Panther
Alan Haufrect    Seg. 2--Mr. Conroy's Son
Cheryl Socher    Seg. 2--Mr. Conroy's Daughter-In-Law
Elsa Raven    Seg. 2--Nurse
Jeremy Licht    Seg. 3--Anthony
Kevin McCarthy    Seg. 3--Uncle Walt
Patricia Barry    Seg. 3--Mother
William Schallert    Seg. 3--Father
Nancy Cartwright    Seg. 3--Ethel
Cherie Currie    Seg. 3--Sara
Bill Mumy    Seg. 3--Tim
Jeffery G. Bannister    Seg. 3--Charlie
Abbe Lane    Seg. 4--Stewardess
Donna Dixon    Seg. 4--Jr. Stewardess
John Dennis Johnston    Seg. 4--Co-Pilot
Larry Cedar    Seg. 4--Creature
Charles Knapp    Seg. 4--Sky Marshal
Christina Nigra    Seg. 4--Little Girl
Lonna Schwab    Seg. 4--Mother
Margaret Wheeler    Seg. 4--Old Woman
Eduard France    Seg. 4--Old Man
Margaret Fitzgerald    Seg. 4--Young Girl
Jeffrey Weissman    Seg. 4--Young Man
Jeffrey Lampert    Seg. 4--Mechanic
Frank Toth    Seg. 4--Mechanic
Carol Serling    Seg. 4--Passenger
Byron McFarland    Seg. 4--Pilot Announcement
Dick Miller    Walter Paisley

Narrator(s)

Uncredited*    Narrator

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

George Miller    Director
Joe Dante    Director
John Landis    Director
Steven Spielberg    Director
Richard Matheson    Screenwriter
George Clayton Johnson    Screenwriter
Josh Rogan    Screenwriter
John Landis    Written By
George Clayton Johnson    Story Creator
Frank Marshall    Executive Producer
Jerry Goldsmith    Composer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
John Landis    Producer
George Folsey, Jr.    Associate Producer
Kathleen Kennedy    Associate Producer
Michael Finnell    Associate Producer
Jon Davison    Associate Producer
Pat Kehoe    Assistant Director
Elie Cohn    Assistant Director
Dennis E. Jones    Production Manager
Dan Allingham    Production Manager
James D. Bissell    Production Designer
James H. Spencer    Art Director
Richard Sawyer    Art Director
Jackie Carr    Set Decorator
Barbara Paula Krieger    Set Decorator
Stevan Larner    Director of Photography
Allen Daviau    Director of Photography
John Hora    Director of Photography
Deborah Nadoolman    Costume Designer
Malcolm Campbell    Editor
Michael Kahn    Editor
Tina Hirsch    Editor
Howard Smith    Editor
William B. Kaplan    Sound Mixer
Thomas Causey    Sound Mixer
Bill Varney    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Maslow    Re-recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker    Re-recording Mixer
David Lewis Yewdall    Supervising Sound Editor
Warren Hamilton, Jr.    Sound Effects Editor
David Stone    Sound Effects Editor
Duane Hartzell    Sound Effects Editor
Ken Sweet    Dialogue Editor
Kenneth Hall    Music Editor
John M. Elliott    Make up
Robert Westmoreland    Make up
Melanie E. Levitt    Make-up and Hair Designer
Virginia Kearns    Hairstylist
Ellen Powell    Hairstylist
Cheri Ruff    Hairstylist
Rob Bottin    Special Make-up Effects
Craig Reardon    Special Make-up Effects
Michael McCracken    special makeup effects artist (segment "4")
Joseph Williams    Music Director
Paul Gordon    Music Director
Mike Fenton    Casting Director
Jane Feinberg    Casting Director
Marci Liroff    Casting Director
Bill Couch    Stunt Coordinator
Gary McLarty    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,614,366 (22.4% of total gross)
Legs:4.46 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,275 opening theaters/1,288 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $100,955,552

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,039 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,431 $29,500,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 24th, 1983 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 101 minutes
Comparisons: vs. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Segments, In a Plane, Scary Kids, Bigotry, Posthumous Release, Voiceover/Narration, Archival Footage of Previous Installment, Genre Mashup, Supernatural, Monster, Time Travel
Source:Based on TV
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros.
Production Countries: United States

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 232 $5,829,772 Jul 1, 1983 10
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 142 $20,339,424 Jul 1, 1983 10

Supporting Cast

Dan Aykroyd    Passenger/Ambulance Driver (Prologue/Segment #4)
Albert Brooks    Prologue Car Driver
Scatman Crothers    Mr. Bloom (Segment #2)
John Lithgow    John Valentine (Segment #4)
Vic Morrow    Bill Connor (Segment #1)
Kathleen Quinlan    Helen Foley(School Teacher)(Segment#3)
Doug McGrath    Seg. 1--Larry
Charles Hallahan    Seg. 1--Ray
Remus Peets    Seg. 1--German Officer
Kai Wulff    Seg. 1--German Officer
Sue Dugan    Seg. 1--Waitress
Debby Porter    Seg. 1--Waitress
Steven Williams    Seg. 1--Bar Patron
Annette Claudier    Seg. 1--French Mother
Joseph Hieu    Seg. 1--Vietnamese
Albert Leong    Seg. 1--Vietnamese
Stephen Bishop    Seg. 1--Charming G.I.
Thomas Byrd    Seg. 1--G.I.
Vincent J. Isaac    Seg. 1--G.I.
William B. Taylor    Seg. 1--G.I.
Domingo Ambriz    Seg. 1--G.I.
Eddy Donno    Seg. 1--KKK
Michael Milgrom    Seg. 1--KKK
John Larroquette    Seg. 1--KKK
Norbert Weisser    Seg. 1--Soldier
Bill Quinn    Seg. 2--Mr. Conroy
Martin Garner    Seg. 2--Mr. Weinstein
Selma Diamond    Seg. 2--Mrs. Weinstein
Helen Shaw    Seg. 2--Mrs. Dempsey
Murray Matheson    Seg. 2--Mr. Agee
Peter Brocco    Seg. 2--Mr. Mute
Priscilla Pointer    Seg. 2--Miss Cox
Scott Nemes    Seg. 2--Young Mr. Weinstein
Tanya Fenmore    Seg. 2--Young Mrs. Weinstein
Evan Richards    Seg. 2--Young Mr. Agee
Laura Mooney    Seg. 2--Young Mrs. Dempsey
Christopher Eisenmann    Seg. 2--Young Mr. Mute
Richard Swingler    Seg. 2--Mr. Grey Panther
Alan Haufrect    Seg. 2--Mr. Conroy's Son
Cheryl Socher    Seg. 2--Mr. Conroy's Daughter-In-Law
Elsa Raven    Seg. 2--Nurse
Jeremy Licht    Seg. 3--Anthony
Kevin McCarthy    Seg. 3--Uncle Walt
Patricia Barry    Seg. 3--Mother
William Schallert    Seg. 3--Father
Nancy Cartwright    Seg. 3--Ethel
Cherie Currie    Seg. 3--Sara
Bill Mumy    Seg. 3--Tim
Jeffery G. Bannister    Seg. 3--Charlie
Abbe Lane    Seg. 4--Stewardess
Donna Dixon    Seg. 4--Jr. Stewardess
John Dennis Johnston    Seg. 4--Co-Pilot
Larry Cedar    Seg. 4--Creature
Charles Knapp    Seg. 4--Sky Marshal
Christina Nigra    Seg. 4--Little Girl
Lonna Schwab    Seg. 4--Mother
Margaret Wheeler    Seg. 4--Old Woman
Eduard France    Seg. 4--Old Man
Margaret Fitzgerald    Seg. 4--Young Girl
Jeffrey Weissman    Seg. 4--Young Man
Jeffrey Lampert    Seg. 4--Mechanic
Frank Toth    Seg. 4--Mechanic
Carol Serling    Seg. 4--Passenger
Byron McFarland    Seg. 4--Pilot Announcement
Dick Miller    Walter Paisley

Narrator(s)

Uncredited*    Narrator

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

George Miller    Director
Joe Dante    Director
John Landis    Director
Steven Spielberg    Director
Richard Matheson    Screenwriter
George Clayton Johnson    Screenwriter
Josh Rogan    Screenwriter
John Landis    Written By
George Clayton Johnson    Story Creator
Frank Marshall    Executive Producer
Jerry Goldsmith    Composer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
John Landis    Producer
George Folsey, Jr.    Associate Producer
Kathleen Kennedy    Associate Producer
Michael Finnell    Associate Producer
Jon Davison    Associate Producer
Pat Kehoe    Assistant Director
Elie Cohn    Assistant Director
Dennis E. Jones    Production Manager
Dan Allingham    Production Manager
James D. Bissell    Production Designer
James H. Spencer    Art Director
Richard Sawyer    Art Director
Jackie Carr    Set Decorator
Barbara Paula Krieger    Set Decorator
Stevan Larner    Director of Photography
Allen Daviau    Director of Photography
John Hora    Director of Photography
Deborah Nadoolman    Costume Designer
Malcolm Campbell    Editor
Michael Kahn    Editor
Tina Hirsch    Editor
Howard Smith    Editor
William B. Kaplan    Sound Mixer
Thomas Causey    Sound Mixer
Bill Varney    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Maslow    Re-recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker    Re-recording Mixer
David Lewis Yewdall    Supervising Sound Editor
Warren Hamilton, Jr.    Sound Effects Editor
David Stone    Sound Effects Editor
Duane Hartzell    Sound Effects Editor
Ken Sweet    Dialogue Editor
Kenneth Hall    Music Editor
John M. Elliott    Make up
Robert Westmoreland    Make up
Melanie E. Levitt    Make-up and Hair Designer
Virginia Kearns    Hairstylist
Ellen Powell    Hairstylist
Cheri Ruff    Hairstylist
Rob Bottin    Special Make-up Effects
Craig Reardon    Special Make-up Effects
Michael McCracken    special makeup effects artist (segment "4")
Joseph Williams    Music Director
Paul Gordon    Music Director
Mike Fenton    Casting Director
Jane Feinberg    Casting Director
Marci Liroff    Casting Director
Bill Couch    Stunt Coordinator
Gary McLarty    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,039 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,693 $100,955,552
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,464 $29,500,000
Top 1983 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 22 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on TV Movies (Rank 101-200) 142 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,619 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Fantasy Movies (Rank 201-300) 214 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Horror Movies (Rank 201-300) 227 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 601-700) 687 $29,500,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies (Rank 401-500) 492 $29,500,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 24, 1983 4 $6,614,366   1,275 $5,188   $6,614,366 1
Jul 1, 1983 4 $5,829,772 -12% 1,288 $4,526   $16,197,870 2
Jul 8, 1983 7 $2,957,273 -49% 1,209 $2,446   $20,936,485 3
Jul 15, 1983 10 $2,054,736 -31% 957 $2,147   $24,548,903 4
Jul 22, 1983 12 $1,328,513 -35% 756 $1,757   $27,012,861 5
Jul 29, 1983 16 $786,000 -41% 582 $1,351   $28,486,539 6
Aug 5, 1983 18 $445,369 -43% 425 $1,048   $29,450,919 7

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 24, 1983 4 $10,368,098   1,275 $8,132   $10,368,098 1
Jul 1, 1983 4 $7,611,114 -27% 1,288 $5,909   $17,979,212 2
Jul 8, 1983 7 $4,514,955 -41% 1,209 $3,734   $22,494,167 3
Jul 15, 1983 10 $3,190,181 -29% 957 $3,334   $25,684,348 4
Jul 22, 1983 12 $2,016,191 -37% 756 $2,667   $27,700,539 5
Jul 29, 1983 16 $1,305,011 -35% 582 $2,242   $29,005,550 6

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,431 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 3,601-3,700) 3,686 $29,500,000
Top 1983 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 22 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on TV Movies (Rank 101-200) 177 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,815 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Fantasy Movies (Rank 301-400) 333 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Horror Movies (Rank 301-400) 317 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 801-900) 811 $29,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies (Rank 501-600) 546 $29,500,000