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#12,914 All-time worldwide
#94 1979 releases

Movie profile

Attack of the Helping Hand!

1979 · 6 min · Metropolitan Film Group

Comedy Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1
Budget $1
Gross minus budget —
ROI 1.00x

Domestic gross

—

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

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Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Attack of the Helping Hand! 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 #12,914 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #94 Release-year chart position of 94 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979. Primary genre #4,838 Comedy of 4,840 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 Attack of the Helping Hand! (1979) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Attack of the Helping Hand! (1979) earned a reported $1 worldwide against a reported $1 production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $0. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,914 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #94 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1
Budget
$1
Gross minus budget
$0
ROI
1.00x
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

General Mills' popular Hamburger Helper mascot also known as Helping Hand or Lefty, a four-fingered, left-hand white glove, which appears on the product's packaging, comes to life in a woman's kitchen and tries to grope her and kill her.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 1, 1979
Production
Metropolitan Film Group
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMetropolitan Film Group Release year chart1979 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartHorror

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, Attack of the Helping Hand! is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Horror title from Metropolitan Film Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1, reported production budget is $1, ROI is 1.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,914 all-time in the current chart set and #94 among 1979 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.