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Conan the Destroyer
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Screenplay by
Stanley Mann
Story by
Roy Thomas
Gerry Conway
Based on
Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard
Produced by
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Grace Jones
Wilt Chamberlain
Mako
Tracey Walter
Olivia d'Abo
Sarah Douglas
Cinematography
Jack Cardiff
Edited by
Frank J. Urioste
Music by
Basil Poledouris
Production company
Dino De Laurentiis Company
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
June 29, 1984 (1984-06-29) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$18 million[1]
Box office
$26.4–31 million (US/Canada)[1][2] $30.1 million (worldwide rentals)[3]
Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 American epic sword and sorcery film directed by Richard Fleischer from a screenplay by Stanley Mann and a story by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. Based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard, it is the sequel to Conan the Barbarian (1982). The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mako reprising their roles as Conan and Akiro, the Wizard of the Mounds, respectively. The cast also includes Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Tracey Walter, and Olivia d'Abo.
Conan the Destroyer was theatrically released in the United States on June 29, 1984, by Universal Pictures. Upon release, the film received generally mixed reviews from critics. It grossed between $26.4 million and $31 million in the United States and Canada and earned theatrical rentals of $30 million worldwide.
^ ab"Conan the Destroyer - Box Office Data". The Numbers. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
^"Conan the Destroyer". Box Office Mojo.
^Knoeldelseder Jr., William K. (August 30, 1987). "De Laurentiis PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS". Los Angeles Times. p. 1 of Part IV.
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