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#10,726 All-time worldwide
#133 1985 releases

Movie profile

Burke & Wills

1985 · 140 min · Hoyts Edgley

History Adventure Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.6M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget -$7.4M
ROI 0.18x

Domestic gross

$800,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$800,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$144,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Burke & Wills 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 #10,726 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #133 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Primary genre #605 History of 700 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.

#10,723 Session 9 2001 · $1.6M #10,724 Cabin in the Sky 1943 · $1.6M #10,725 Big City 1937 · $1.6M #10,744 Trouble Couples 1987 · $1.6M #10,745 Chasers 1994 · $1.6M #10,746 They Drive by Night 1940 · $1.6M

Quick answer

How did Burke & Wills (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Burke & Wills (1985) earned a reported $1.6M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$7.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.18x. In this database it currently ranks #10,726 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #133 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,600,000
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$7,400,000
ROI
0.18x
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

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 30, 1985
Production
Hoyts Edgley, GUO
Countries
AU

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyHoyts Edgley Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartHistory Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Burke & Wills is positioned in this dataset as a History, Adventure, Drama title from Hoyts Edgley. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.6M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$7.4M, ROI is 0.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,726 all-time in the current chart set and #133 among 1985 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.