The film Spaceballs was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the 24th of June 1987. The movie had an estimated budget of twenty-five point five million dollars and grossed forty million three hundred six thousand four hundred eighty-three dollars during its run in the United States.
Dom DeLuise provided the voice for Pizza the Hutt, a crime boss described as being half-man and half-pizza. Rick Lazzarini handled reshoots and final takes for Pizza's on-screen presence while speaking his lines for the character's on-camera scenes with DeLuise's voice dubbed in later.
In the 1987 film Spaceballs, President Skroob leads the ruthless Spaceballs to steal oxygen from the neighboring planet Druidia after squandering their own atmosphere. Lone Starr and Barf rescue Princess Vespa from an arranged marriage to Prince Valium using the mystical power known as the Schwartz to defeat Dark Helmet and save the galaxy.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four at the time of its release. He remarked that he enjoyed a lot of the movie but felt it should have been made several years ago before the appetite for Star Wars satires had been completely exhausted.
Amazon MGM Studios announced that a Spaceballs sequel will be released theatrically by MGM in 2027 during June 2025. Imagine Entertainment will produce the sequel with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody as co-producers while Lewis Pullman stars as Starburst.