Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The human adventure is just beginning.
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T.S.Enterprise to take command.
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $139M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
25 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Star Trek: The Motion Picture 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 an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Star Trek: The Motion Picture appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #39
Placed at #39 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Star Trek: The Motion Picture returned 3.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $44M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $139M
- Release date
- Dec 7, 1979
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- 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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