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‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ Leads Weekend Box Office 23 Years After Reissue

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Ellise Shafer editor“Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” is back at the top of the box office this weekend for the first time in 23 years.The film has grossed a total of $175,000 so far at 483 locations, originally reported b Deadline, and is estimated to end the weekend in the $400,000 to $500,000 range.

Directed by Irvin Kershner with executive production from George Lucas, “The Empire Strikes Back” has not had a box office lead since its reissue in February 1997.The lead brings the movie’s total gross in the U.S.

to $290.4 million, with its five-day gross standing at $210,000. Following its initial release on May 21, 1980, “Empire Strikes Back” nabbed the No.

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