Star Wars
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire.Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
- Director
- George Lucas
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $775M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
29 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Star Wars actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Star Wars appears in 9 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
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- Best Space Movies Ranked #10
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- Hidden Sci-Fi Gems Ranked #13
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- Best Action Movies Ranked #15
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- Action Movies Ranked #17
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- Sci-Fi Movies Ranked #18
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- Adventure Movies Ranked #25
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- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #25
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- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #47
Placed at #47 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
21 wins · 10 nominations
Academy Awards
7 wins · 10 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
Golden Globes
1 win
- WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score
BAFTA Awards
1 win
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Original Music
Grammy Awards
1 win
- WinnerGrammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Saturn Awards
9 wins
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Costume
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Director
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Make-up
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Music
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Set Decoration
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Special Effects
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Writing
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1 win
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Star Wars returned 70.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $11M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $775M
- Release date
- May 25, 1977
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- 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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