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Highlander was a commercial failure on its initial theatrical release. It grossed only a little less than $13 million worldwide against a production budget of $19 million. The film performed poorly in the United States but found wider audiences in Europe and on home video, eventually becoming a cult classic.
Gregory Widen wrote the original script for Highlander as an undergraduate assignment in the screenwriting program at UCLA, where it was titled Shadow Clan. He sold the script for US$200,000. Peter Bellwood and Larry Ferguson later contributed to the final screenplay.
Queen recorded several songs for Highlander, including "Princes of the Universe", "A Kind of Magic", "Who Wants to Live Forever", and "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)". "Hammer to Fall", from the earlier album The Works, also appears in the film. Most of the Queen songs recorded for the film appeared on the band's 1986 studio album A Kind of Magic.
Kurt Russell was cast as Connor MacLeod before Lambert, beating out a list that included Michael Douglas, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, and William Hurt, among others. Russell dropped out at the insistence of Goldie Hawn, and Lambert was cast after director Russell Mulcahy spotted a photograph of him from his role in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
Connery recorded his voice-over in the bathroom of his Spanish villa, where he had been working on his Spanish accent for the role with a voice coach. The producers listened to a phone playback and approved the recording without being able to detect the unusual acoustic quality of the recording environment.
As of October 2023, Lionsgate was moving forward with a Highlander reboot directed by Chad Stahelski. Henry Cavill was confirmed in May 2021 to play the lead role of MacLeod. Dave Bautista has been cast as the Kurgan, Karen Gillan as Heather MacLeod, and Russell Crowe was announced on the 20th of June, 2025 to play Ramirez. Stahelski has confirmed that music by Queen will feature in the reboot.