#2,433 All-time worldwide

#9 1982 releases

Movie profile

48 Hrs.

Name: 48 Hrs.
Genre: Crime, Action, Comedy
Released: 1982-12-07
Duration: 96 min

1982 · 96 min · Paramount Pictures

Crime Action Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $78.9M

Budget $12.0M

Gross minus budget $66.9M

ROI 6.57x

Domestic gross

$31.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$47.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where 48 Hrs. ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,433 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 158 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Studio / company #130 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 48 Hrs. of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #348 Crime of 1,962 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did 48 Hrs. (1982) perform at the box office?

High confidence

48 Hrs. (1982) earned a reported $78.9M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $66.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.57x. In this database it currently ranks #2,433 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross: $78,868,508
Budget: $12,000,000
Gross minus budget: $66,868,508
ROI: 6.57x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 7, 1982
Production: Paramount Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Franchise48 Hrs. Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, 48 Hrs. is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Action, Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $78.9M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $66.9M, ROI is 6.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,433 all-time in the current chart set and #9 among 1982 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.