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#9,341 All-time worldwide
#83 1981 releases

Movie profile

Eyewitness

1981 · 103 min · 20th Century Fox

Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.5M
Budget $8.5M
Gross minus budget -$4.0M
ROI 0.53x

Domestic gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$504,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Eyewitness 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 #9,341 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #83 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #146 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #2,066 Thriller of 2,567 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.

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Quick answer

How did Eyewitness (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Eyewitness (1981) earned a reported $4.5M worldwide against a reported $8.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.53x. In this database it currently ranks #9,341 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #83 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,500,000
Budget
$8,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,000,000
ROI
0.53x
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

NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There's been a murder in the office building, and Tony suspects that Daryll may have insight into the crime, a notion that he furthers to stay close to her. However, when those behind the killing begin to think that he really knows something, they target the pair to keep their secrets hidden.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 13, 1981
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Eyewitness is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.5M, reported production budget is $8.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.0M, ROI is 0.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,341 all-time in the current chart set and #83 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.