#397 All-time worldwide

#1 1978 releases

Movie profile

Grease

Name: Grease
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 1978-06-16
Duration: 110 min

1978 · 110 min · Paramount Pictures

Romance Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $396.3M

Budget $6.0M

Gross minus budget $390.3M

ROI 66.05x

Domestic gross

$158.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$237.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$44.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Grease ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #397 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #21 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Grease of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #31 Romance of 2,646 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.

#394 Mission: Impossible III 2006 · $398.5M #395 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 2024 · $397.4M #396 Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 · $396.6M #398 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2018 · $395.6M #399 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 · $394.9M #400 Twilight 2008 · $393.6M

Quick answer

How did Grease (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Grease (1978) earned a reported $396.3M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $390.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 66.05x. In this database it currently ranks #397 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross: $396,271,103
Budget: $6,000,000
Gross minus budget: $390,271,103
ROI: 66.05x

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.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 16, 1978
Production: Paramount Pictures, Robert Stigwood Organization, Fine Arts Films
Countries: US, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures FranchiseGrease Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Grease is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $396.3M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $390.3M, ROI is 66.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #397 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1978 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.