The independently-produced film also swept the Oscars: it was the first film to take all the major awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress) since Frank Capra""sIt Happened One Night (1934).He ran to the IMF safe house, where he broke a lightbulb and scattered glass fragments on the floor at the top of the stairwell - to alert him if anyone approached.You must become one of them." He would need to undergo the irreversible process of entering a crystal chamber where the rays of the red sun of Krypton had been stored and harnessed.With a production budget of $18 million (that rose o $30.5 million), grossed $4.9 million in its limited opening weekend and overall grossed $209.4 million (domestic), $290.5 million (lifetime domestic gross), and $538.4 million (worldwide).It was thehighest grossing (domestic) film of 1980, besting comedy9 To 5 (1980)in second place at $103.During the display of the post-credits, Stryker - with worn-out shoes - was apprehended on a deserted road by a group of military police: "You""re wanted for questioning in connection with the death of General Munson, sir.