Masters of the Universe is a 1987 American English-language Action Adventure motion picture starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles, Meg Foster and Nicholas Grabowsky. The movie is inspired from Masters of the Universe by Mattel. The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull. Golan-Globus was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Edward R. Pressman. Masters of the Universe is written by David Odell, Stephen Tolkin and Gary Goddard and it is directed by Gary Goddard. Cannon Films acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The movie has a running time of 106 minutes. Masters of the Universe was made on a budget of $22 million and at the box office it grossed only $17 million. Cinematography was done by Hanania Baer and editing by Anne V. Coates. The music was composed by Bill Conti.