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#8,902 All-time worldwide
#81 1983 releases

Movie profile

Chained Heat

1983 · 99 min · Heat Gbr

Action Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.1M
Budget $1.3M
Gross minus budget $4.9M
ROI 4.92x

Domestic gross

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$553,499

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Chained Heat 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 #8,902 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #81 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Primary genre #2,404 Action of 2,939 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.

#8,899 The Secret of Roan Inish 1994 · $6.2M #8,900 UHF 1989 · $6.2M #8,901 Barton Fink 1991 · $6.2M #8,903 Plenty 1985 · $6.1M #8,904 Macken - Roy's & Roger's Bilservice 1990 · $6.1M #8,905 The Goldfinger 2023 · $6.1M

Quick answer

How did Chained Heat (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Chained Heat (1983) earned a reported $6.1M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.92x. In this database it currently ranks #8,902 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #81 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,149,983
Budget
$1,250,000
Gross minus budget
$4,899,983
ROI
4.92x
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

After killing a man in a drunk driving accident, a young woman is sent to a prison where both the inmates and the corrupt leadership are violent and abusive.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 27, 1983
Production
Heat GBR, Intercontinental, Jensen Farley Pictures
Countries
DE, US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Chained Heat is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from Heat GBR. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.1M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $4.9M, ROI is 4.92x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,902 all-time in the current chart set and #81 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.