#4,432 All-time worldwide

#25 1981 releases

Movie profile

History of the World: Part I

Name: History of the World: Part I
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1981-06-12
Duration: 92 min

1981 · 92 min · Brooksfilms

Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $31.7M

Budget $10.0M

Gross minus budget $21.7M

ROI 3.17x

Domestic gross

$12.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$19.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where History of the World: Part I ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,432 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #25 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #2 Brooksfilms of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Brooksfilms movie set. Primary genre #1,706 Comedy of 4,945 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 History of the World: Part I (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

History of the World: Part I (1981) earned a reported $31.7M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $21.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.17x. In this database it currently ranks #4,432 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #25 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross: $31,672,907
Budget: $10,000,000
Gross minus budget: $21,672,907
ROI: 3.17x

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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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 12, 1981
Production: Brooksfilms, 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyBrooksfilms Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, History of the World: Part I is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Brooksfilms. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.7M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $21.7M, ROI is 3.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,432 all-time in the current chart set and #25 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.