#2,294 All-time worldwide

#6 1978 releases

Movie profile

Every Which Way but Loose

Name: Every Which Way but Loose
Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Drama
Released: 1978-12-16
Duration: 110 min

1978 · 110 min · Malpaso Productions

Action Comedy Adventure Romance Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $85.2M

Budget $5.0M

Gross minus budget $80.2M

ROI 17.04x

Domestic gross

$42.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$42.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Every Which Way but Loose ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,294 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #3 Malpaso Productions of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Malpaso Productions movie set. Franchise #1 Philo & Clyde of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #869 Action of 2,974 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.

#2,291 Stripes 1981 · $85.3M #2,292 Did You Hear About the Morgans? 2009 · $85.3M #2,293 Nerve 2016 · $85.2M #2,295 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 · $85.1M #2,296 Das Boot 1981 · $85.0M #2,296 Diablo 2025 · $85.0M

Quick answer

How did Every Which Way but Loose (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Every Which Way but Loose (1978) earned a reported $85.2M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $80.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 17.04x. In this database it currently ranks #2,294 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross: $85,196,485
Budget: $5,000,000
Gross minus budget: $80,196,485
ROI: 17.04x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 16, 1978
Production: Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMalpaso Productions FranchisePhilo & Clyde Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Every Which Way but Loose is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Adventure title from Malpaso Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $85.2M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $80.2M, ROI is 17.04x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,294 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1978 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.