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#6,918 All-time worldwide
#59 1982 releases

Movie profile

Author! Author!

1982 · 110 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Author! Author! 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 #6,918 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #59 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Studio / company #107 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #2,691 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 Author! Author! (1982) perform at the box office?

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Author! Author! (1982) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $13.1M. In this database it currently ranks #6,918 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #59 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,100,000
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

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 18, 1982
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, Author! Author! is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,918 all-time in the current chart set and #59 among 1982 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.