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#7,685 All-time worldwide
#64 1983 releases

Movie profile

Brainstorm

1983 · 106 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.2M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget -$7.8M
ROI 0.57x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Brainstorm 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 #7,685 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #64 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #73 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #885 Science Fiction of 1,234 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 Brainstorm (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Brainstorm (1983) earned a reported $10.2M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$7.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.57x. In this database it currently ranks #7,685 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #64 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,219,460
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$7,780,540
ROI
0.57x
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

Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 30, 1983
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Brainstorm is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Thriller title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.2M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$7.8M, ROI is 0.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,685 all-time in the current chart set and #64 among 1983 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.