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#5,708 All-time worldwide
#40 1983 releases

Movie profile

Breathless

1983 · 100 min · Orion Pictures

Romance Drama Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.9M
Budget $7.5M
Gross minus budget $12.4M
ROI 2.65x

Domestic gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Breathless 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 #5,708 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #28 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,026 Romance of 2,607 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.

#5,705 Like Father, Like Son 2013 · $20.0M #5,706 Unfaithfully Yours 1984 · $19.9M #5,707 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever 2002 · $19.9M #5,709 Nighthawks 1981 · $19.9M #5,710 Get Over It 2001 · $19.9M #5,711 Hard Rain 1998 · $19.9M

Quick answer

How did Breathless (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Breathless (1983) earned a reported $19.9M worldwide against a reported $7.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.65x. In this database it currently ranks #5,708 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,910,002
Budget
$7,500,000
Gross minus budget
$12,410,002
ROI
2.65x
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

Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 13, 1983
Production
Orion Pictures, Breathless Associates, Miko Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Breathless is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama, Action title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.9M, reported production budget is $7.5M, gross-minus-budget is $12.4M, ROI is 2.65x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,708 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1983 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.