#3,196 All-time worldwide

#15 1980 releases

Movie profile

American Gigolo

Name: American Gigolo
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1980-02-01
Duration: 117 min

1980 · 117 min · Paramount Pictures

Crime Drama Mystery

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $52.7M

Budget $5.0M

Gross minus budget $47.7M

ROI 10.54x

Domestic gross

$26.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$26.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where American Gigolo ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,196 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 125 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #164 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #492 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 American Gigolo (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

American Gigolo (1980) earned a reported $52.7M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $47.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.54x. In this database it currently ranks #3,196 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross: $52,700,000
Budget: $5,000,000
Gross minus budget: $47,700,000
ROI: 10.54x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Feb 1, 1980
Production: Paramount Pictures, Freddie Fields Productions
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, American Gigolo is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Mystery title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $52.7M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $47.7M, ROI is 10.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,196 all-time in the current chart set and #15 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.