

Masters of the Universe
A battle fought in the stars...now comes to Earth.
When He-Man is driven from Eternia after Skeletor seizes Castle Grayskull, a stolen portal device strands the fight on Earth, where a pair of teenagers become entangled in a war that spans worlds.
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1,192 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $22M
- Box office
- $17.3M
- Language
- English
- skeleton
- saving the world
- key
- superhero
- wretch
- time travel
- based on toy
- super power
- aftercreditsstinger
- sword and planet
- sword and sorcery
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG7 Aug 1987
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG26 Dec 1987
- PhysicalPGDVD16 Jun 2003
- PhysicalPGBlu-ray & DVD16 Dec 2024
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG17 Sept 1987
BrazilBR
- PremiereL7 Aug 1987
- TheatricalL30 Jun 1988
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1525 Mar 1988
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP9 Dec 1987
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1217 Dec 1987
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG27 Dec 1987
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT5 Sept 1987
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical147 Aug 1987
SpainES
- TheatricalAPTA3 Dec 1987
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1517 Sept 1987
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Masters of the Universe was released on 7 August 1987.
Audience reviews
4- P9/10
Peter89Spencer
7/25/2021
Somehow, Dolph Lundgren portrayed He-Man brilliantly! This was an epic classic. And it had a young Courtney Cox!
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/12/2023
Masters of the Universe, at least the cartoon and toys, were one of the reasons I am so happy I had a childhood in the 80s... along with GI Joe and Star Wars, they were some of the most defining things of 80s childhood play. And then this came out and we all felt a little cheated that we had a knock-off Orco, but totally excited that we had a movie we could see on the big screen. And we were young enough to not se…
- F2/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/6/2023
**The glorious "greasy sci-fi" of the 80s: who doesn't miss the days when a rough rubber mask was a good idea in a movie?** I'm not really a comic connoisseur. It was only when I read about this film that I realized that the characters had been taken from that literary universe and from a line of action toys created by the American company Mattel. This is something that helped me to understand the sheer confusion …
- V3/10
Vinicius Monteiro
7/31/2026
Watching some older adaptations takes a lot of patience. When we revisit movies based on classic 80s toy lines, we often find projects that lost their identity along the way. That's exactly the bitter taste *Masters of the Universe* leaves behind. You go in expecting cosmic greatness, but what you get is a suburban chase that barely hides its massive structural flaws. The movie has a major identity crisis and does…
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