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#9,511 All-time worldwide
#84 1981 releases

Movie profile

Green Ice

1981 · 116 min · Jack Wiener Production

Adventure Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget -$10.0M
ROI 0.29x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$448,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Green Ice 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 #9,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #84 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #1,844 Adventure of 2,138 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 Green Ice (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Green Ice (1981) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.29x. In this database it currently ranks #9,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #84 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,000,000
ROI
0.29x
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 down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 21, 1981
Production
Jack Wiener Production, ITC Entertainment
Countries
GB

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Studio / production companyJack Wiener Production Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Green Ice is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Action title from Jack Wiener Production. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.0M, ROI is 0.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,511 all-time in the current chart set and #84 among 1981 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.