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#8,153 All-time worldwide
#77 1984 releases

Movie profile

Bolero

1984 · 105 min · Golan Globus Productions

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.9M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $1.9M
ROI 1.27x

Domestic gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$802,339

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bolero 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 #8,153 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #77 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #6 Golan Globus Productions of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Golan Globus Productions movie set. Primary genre #3,438 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 Bolero (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bolero (1984) earned a reported $8.9M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.27x. In this database it currently ranks #8,153 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #77 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,914,881
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$1,914,881
ROI
1.27x
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

Follows the tale of a young woman’s sexual awakening and subsequent journey around the world in pursuit of her ideal lover. Encounters include an Arabian sheik and a Spanish bullfighter. Her friend and butler accompany her and help to arrange her couplings.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 31, 1984
Production
Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyGolan Globus Productions Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Bolero is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Golan-Globus Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.9M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.9M, ROI is 1.27x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,153 all-time in the current chart set and #77 among 1984 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.