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#11,776 All-time worldwide
#126 1982 releases

Movie profile

Britannia Hospital

1982 · 116 min · Emi Films

Comedy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $375,713
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.6M
ROI 0.09x

Domestic gross

$150,285

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$225,428

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$42,080

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Britannia Hospital 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 #11,776 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #126 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Studio / company #8 Emi Films of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Emi Films movie set. Franchise #2 Mick Travis of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #4,477 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.

#11,773 You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife 1971 · $376,184 #11,774 The Human Factor 1979 · $376,050 #11,775 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain 1998 · $375,805 #11,777 The Affairs of Martha 1942 · $375,000 #11,778 Cut and Run 1985 · $373,530 #11,779 Wake in Fright 1971 · $371,717

Quick answer

How did Britannia Hospital (1982) perform at the box office?

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Britannia Hospital (1982) earned a reported $375.7K worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.09x. In this database it currently ranks #11,776 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #126 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$375,713
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,624,287
ROI
0.09x
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

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 27, 1982
Production
EMI Films
Countries
GB

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Studio / production companyEmi Films FranchiseMick Travis Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, Britannia Hospital is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Science Fiction title from EMI Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $375,713, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.6M, ROI is 0.09x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,776 all-time in the current chart set and #126 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.