Spaceballs
May the schwartz be with you.
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue." Can he master it in time to save the day?
- Director
- Mel Brooks
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $38M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Spaceballs actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Spaceballs appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Movies Like Interstellar Ranked #21
Placed at #21 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #33
Placed at #33 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Spaceballs returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $23M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $38M
- Release date
- Jun 24, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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