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#8,455 All-time worldwide
#66 1980 releases

Movie profile

A Bad Son

1980 · 110 min · Sara Films

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$711,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Bad Son ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #8,455 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #66 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Primary genre #3,574 Drama of 5,859 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 A Bad Son (1980) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

A Bad Son (1980) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $7.9M. In this database it currently ranks #8,455 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #66 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,900,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 14, 1980
Production
Sara Films, Antenne 2, SFP
Countries
FR

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Studio / production companySara Films Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, A Bad Son is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Sara Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,455 all-time in the current chart set and #66 among 1980 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
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.