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#6,089 All-time worldwide
#45 1981 releases

Movie profile

Gallipoli

1981 · 112 min · R & R Films

War History Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.4M
Budget $2.6M
Gross minus budget $14.8M
ROI 6.69x

Domestic gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gallipoli 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 #6,089 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #45 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #226 War of 483 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

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

High confidence

Gallipoli (1981) earned a reported $17.4M worldwide against a reported $2.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.69x. In this database it currently ranks #6,089 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #45 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,400,000
Budget
$2,600,000
Gross minus budget
$14,800,000
ROI
6.69x
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

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 13, 1981
Production
R & R Films, Australian Film Commission
Countries
AU

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Gallipoli is positioned in this dataset as a War, History, Drama title from R & R Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.4M, reported production budget is $2.6M, gross-minus-budget is $14.8M, ROI is 6.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,089 all-time in the current chart set and #45 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.