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#2,790 All-time worldwide
#9 1981 releases

Movie profile

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981 · 125 min · The Producer Circle Co.

Crime Drama Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $65.2M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $55.2M
ROI 6.52x

Domestic gross

$32.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$32.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fort Apache, the Bronx 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 #2,790 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #1 The Producer Circle Co. of 2 titles Position inside the mapped The Producer Circle Co. movie set. Primary genre #413 Crime of 1,962 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.

#2,787 Underdog 2007 · $65.3M #2,788 Babylon 2022 · $65.3M #2,789 The House That Never Dies 2014 · $65.2M #2,791 Taxi 4 2007 · $65.1M #2,792 Something Borrowed 2011 · $65.1M #2,793 *batteries not included 1987 · $65.1M

Quick answer

How did Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) earned a reported $65.2M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $55.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.52x. In this database it currently ranks #2,790 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$65,200,000
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$55,200,000
ROI
6.52x
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

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 6, 1981
Production
The Producer Circle Co., 20th Century Fox, Time-Life Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Producer Circle Co. Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Fort Apache, the Bronx is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Action title from The Producer Circle Co. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $65.2M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $55.2M, ROI is 6.52x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,790 all-time in the current chart set and #9 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.