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1987 · 1h 36m · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Spaceballs

Directed byMel Brooks
TMDB
6.9
3.58K votes
Metacritic
46
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Rotten Tomatoes
52%
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Box office
$40.3M
1.8x its $22.7M budget
Released Jun 24, 1987 by Brooksfilms and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Critics (Metacritic)46
Audience (TMDB x 10)69

Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 23 points.

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Mel Brooks
Cinematography
Nick McLean
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