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#11,599 All-time worldwide
#117 1981 releases

Movie profile

Hard Country

1981 · 104 min · Martin Starger Productions

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $534,653
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget -$5.5M
ROI 0.09x

Domestic gross

$267,327

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$267,326

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$48,119

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hard Country 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 #11,599 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #117 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #5,184 Drama of 5,859 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 Hard Country (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hard Country (1981) earned a reported $534.7K worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.09x. In this database it currently ranks #11,599 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #117 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$534,653
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,465,347
ROI
0.09x
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

Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle wants to stay in Texas.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 1, 1981
Production
Martin Starger Productions, Associated Film Distribution
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Hard Country is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Martin Starger Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $534,653, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.5M, ROI is 0.09x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,599 all-time in the current chart set and #117 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.