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#11,577 All-time worldwide
#212 1998 releases

Movie profile

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

1998 · 97 min · Chase Productions

Comedy Drama Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $565,592
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$243,205

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$322,387

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$72,962

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 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 #11,577 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #212 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Primary genre #4,406 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.

#11,574 The Young Hero of Shaolin 1984 · $567,107 #11,575 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 1978 · $567,000 #11,576 The Hand 1981 · $566,736 #11,578 Steel Dawn 1987 · $562,187 #11,579 I, 'The Heifer' 1985 · $562,029 #11,580 Me, You, Them 2000 · $560,943

Quick answer

How did Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998) perform at the box office?

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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $565.6K. In this database it currently ranks #11,577 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #212 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$565,592
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Four guys, best friends, have grown up together in DANCER, TEXAS POP. 81, a tiny town in West Texas. Years ago, they made a solemn vow to leave town together as soon as they graduate. Now, it's that weekend and the time has come to "put up or shut up." The clock is ticking and as all 81 people in the town watch, comment, offer advice and place bets, these four very different boys with unique backgrounds struggle with the biggest decision of their lives... whether to stay or leave home.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 1, 1998
Production
Chase Productions, HSX Films, TriStar Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Family title from Chase Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $565,592. For comparison, it currently sits #11,577 all-time in the current chart set and #212 among 1998 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.