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#11,042 All-time worldwide
#66 1979 releases

Movie profile

Firepower

1979 · 104 min · Scimitar Productions

Action Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.8M
ROI 0.15x

Domestic gross

$480,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$720,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$134,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Firepower 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 #11,042 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #66 Release-year chart position of 94 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979. Primary genre #2,745 Action of 2,939 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.

#11,039 Sleeping Fist 1979 · $1.2M #11,040 Erotic Ghost Story III 1992 · $1.2M #11,041 Wasteman 2026 · $1.2M #11,063 The Night Rider 1992 · $1.2M #11,064 Pieces 1982 · $1.2M #11,065 The Affair of the Necklace 2001 · $1.2M

Quick answer

How did Firepower (1979) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Firepower (1979) earned a reported $1.2M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.15x. In this database it currently ranks #11,042 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #66 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,800,000
ROI
0.15x
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 mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 27, 1979
Production
Scimitar Productions, ITC Entertainment
Countries
GB

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Studio / production companyScimitar Productions Release year chart1979 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, Firepower is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure title from Scimitar Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.8M, ROI is 0.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,042 all-time in the current chart set and #66 among 1979 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.