The Ice Pirates

Summary: In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.

Release Date: March 16, 1984

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Stewart Raffill

Writers: Stewart Raffill

, Stanford Sherman

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), JF Productions

Distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company, Turner Entertainment, Warner Bros., MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, TBS Superstation, TNT, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,255,801

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Budget:$9MDomestic:$14.3MWorldwide:$14.3M

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32%

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17%49%

The Metacritic audience rated this 10% higher than the critics.

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44/100

Metacritic User:

54/100

28%22%

28% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

22% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White72.22%Black16.67%Jewish5.56%Mixed / Other5.56%

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Race	White	Black	Mixed / Other	Jewish	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	10	3			13		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Forebears	3				3
Ethnic			1	1	2		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Total	13	3	1	1	18
Cast Percentages	72.22%	16.67%	5.56%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":72.22,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":16.67,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":5.56,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1980) Percentage	79.6%	11.7%	3%	2.61%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1980)","series":[{"name":"White","y":79.6,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.27,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":1.55,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":11.7,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.16,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.6,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":6.4,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.61,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1980) Representation	-7.38	+4.97	+2.56	+2.95		{"name":"U.S. Population (1980)","series":[["White",79.6],["Black",11.7],["Mixed \/ Other",3],["Jewish",2.61]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":72.22,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":16.67,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":5.56,"color":"#ff0066"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	7.72%	0.76%			{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	-9.03	+8.95	+4.8			{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Black",7.72],["Mixed \/ Other",0.76],["Jewish",0]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":72.22,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":16.67,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":5.56,"color":"#ff0066"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	84.16%	8.33%	2.19%			{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11692067938357,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":252547761086,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1157010041333,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":63235558749,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":422598400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":304879276500,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	-11.94	+8.34	+3.37			{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",84.16],["Black",8.33],["Mixed \/ Other",2.19],["Jewish",0]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":72.22,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":16.67,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":5.56,"color":"#ff0066"}]}
World population (1984) Percentage	19.21%	9.87%	1.93%	0.35%		{"name":"World population (1984) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":9146881259,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":26963490581,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":6102049307,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":90836753502,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":46647985952,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":168109895211,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":31523289191,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":91797638670,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1643843647,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1984) Representation	+53.01	+6.8	+3.63	+5.21		{"name":"World population (1984) ","series":[["White",19.21],["Black",9.87],["Mixed \/ Other",1.93],["Jewish",0.35]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":72.22,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":16.67,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":5.56,"color":"#ff0066"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%	1.81%	1.11%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+35.74	+10.29	+3.75	+4.45		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38],["Mixed \/ Other",1.81],["Jewish",1.11]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":72.22,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":16.67,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":5.56,"color":"#ff0066"}]}
Notes			The "Mixed / Other" categories overlap, and the 2 or more category was not an option until the 2000 Census. So for the combined column, all data will be taken from the "Other" column except for 2000, 2010, & 2020. For those, the average between the "2 or More Races" and "Some Other Race" will be used.	If there were any inconsistencies with percentages calculated using our Census data, the Jewish Data Bank percentages were the ones used. Also please review the Jewish Data Bank pdf to understand the difference between the "Core" Jewish population and the "Extended" / "Law of Return" Jewish populations. We are displaying the "Core" Jewish populations since that is what the Jewish Data Bank and Wikipedia articles chose. Also, the 1942 population estimates were used for the 1940 row. For the 2000 estimates, the "Core" definition was not used, so we used the 5.2 mil broader estimate instead of the 4.3 mil estimate since the 5.2 broader estimate seemed too drastic of a drop and the definitions weren't congruent with Core and Law of Return.

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