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#5,131 All-time worldwide
#30 1980 releases

Movie profile

Bronco Billy

1980 · 116 min · Second Street Films

Drama Romance Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $24.3M
Budget $6.5M
Gross minus budget $17.8M
ROI 3.74x

Domestic gross

$12.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bronco Billy 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 #5,131 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #30 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Primary genre #2,010 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 Bronco Billy (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bronco Billy (1980) earned a reported $24.3M worldwide against a reported $6.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $17.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.74x. In this database it currently ranks #5,131 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #30 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$24,300,000
Budget
$6,500,000
Gross minus budget
$17,800,000
ROI
3.74x
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

An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 11, 1980
Production
Second Street Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySecond Street Films Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Bronco Billy is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Comedy title from Second Street Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $24.3M, reported production budget is $6.5M, gross-minus-budget is $17.8M, ROI is 3.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,131 all-time in the current chart set and #30 among 1980 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.