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#8,664 All-time worldwide
#88 1984 releases

Movie profile

Hardbodies

1984 · 88 min · Chroma Iii Productions

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.1M
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget $5.1M
ROI 3.56x

Domestic gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$795,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hardbodies 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 #8,664 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #88 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Franchise #1 Hardbodies of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #3,389 Comedy of 4,840 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 Hardbodies (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hardbodies (1984) earned a reported $7.1M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.56x. In this database it currently ranks #8,664 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #88 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,100,000
Budget
$1,995,000
Gross minus budget
$5,105,000
ROI
3.56x
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

Three middle-aged daddies visit California to have a marvelous time at the beach. When they learn that a nice apartment and an expensive cabriolet isn't enough for them to score with the chicks, they employ a student to help them. At first he's as disgusted of them and his job as his girlfriend, but soon they find out how to use the situation to everyone's benefit.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 4, 1984
Production
Chroma III Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyChroma Iii Productions FranchiseHardbodies Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Hardbodies is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Chroma III Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.1M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.1M, ROI is 3.56x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,664 all-time in the current chart set and #88 among 1984 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.