The Dark Crystal
Another world, another time... in the age of wonder.
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
- Director
- Jim Henson
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $45M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
22 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Dark Crystal returned 3.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $45M
- Release date
- Dec 17, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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