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#12,766 All-time worldwide
#154 1982 releases

Movie profile

Experience Preferred... But Not Essential

1982 · 80 min · Goldcrest

Comedy TV Movie
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $822
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$329

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$493

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$92

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Experience Preferred... But Not Essential 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 #12,766 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #154 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Studio / company #9 Goldcrest of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Goldcrest movie set. Primary genre #4,803 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.

#12,763 Abdullah from Minye 1990 · $960 #12,764 High Strung 1992 · $904 #12,765 Dear Babe 1995 · $895 #12,767 Laughter in the Dark 1969 · $780 #12,768 Coupe de Ville 1990 · $715 #12,769 Blue Fin 1978 · $703

Quick answer

How did Experience Preferred... But Not Essential (1982) perform at the box office?

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Experience Preferred... But Not Essential (1982) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $822. In this database it currently ranks #12,766 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #154 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$822
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

A shy, introverted young girl takes a summer job at a seaside resort in Wales, where she finds the staff, the owners and patrons unlike anyone she has ever met before.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 22, 1982
Production
Goldcrest, Enigma Productions, Film4 Productions
Countries
GB

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Studio / production companyGoldcrest Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartTV Movie

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, Experience Preferred... But Not Essential is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, TV Movie title from Goldcrest. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $822. For comparison, it currently sits #12,766 all-time in the current chart set and #154 among 1982 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.