1981 · 1h 55m · Adventure
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Directed bySteven Spielberg
IMDb
8.4
1.12M votes
Metacritic
86
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Rotten Tomatoes
94%
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Box office
$390M
21.7x its $18M budget
Released Jun 12, 1981 by Lucasfilm
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Critics (Metacritic)86
Audience (IMDb x 10)84
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Music
- John Williams
- Cinematography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Editing
- Michael Kahn
- Producers
- Frank Marshall
9 nominations, 5 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Production Design · Academy Awards 1982Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1982Douglas Slocombe
- WonBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1982Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1982Frank Marshall, Producer
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1982Steven Spielberg
- WonBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1982Michael Kahn
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1982John Williams
- WonBest Sound · Academy Awards 1982Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
- WonSpecial Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing) · Academy Awards 1982Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson
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