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#4,829 All-time worldwide
#30 1981 releases

Movie profile

Escape to Victory

1981 · 116 min · Victory Company

Drama War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.5M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $17.5M
ROI 2.75x

Domestic gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Escape to Victory 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 #4,829 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #30 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #1,863 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.

#4,826 Dick 1999 · $27.5M #4,827 My Life 1993 · $27.5M #4,828 A Dangerous Method 2011 · $27.5M #4,830 Doogal 2006 · $27.5M #4,831 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 2013 · $27.4M #4,832 Frost/Nixon 2008 · $27.4M

Quick answer

How did Escape to Victory (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Escape to Victory (1981) earned a reported $27.5M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $17.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.75x. In this database it currently ranks #4,829 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #30 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,453,418
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$17,453,418
ROI
2.75x
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 group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 17, 1981
Production
Victory Company, New Gold Entertainment, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Countries
IT, GB, US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Escape to Victory is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, War title from Victory Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.5M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $17.5M, ROI is 2.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,829 all-time in the current chart set and #30 among 1981 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.