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#12,081 All-time worldwide
#82 1979 releases

Movie profile

In Trousers

1979 · 81 min · Box Office Data

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $192,000
Budget $70,000
Gross minus budget $122,000
ROI 2.74x

Domestic gross

$76,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$115,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$21,504

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where In Trousers 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 #12,081 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #82 Release-year chart position of 94 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#12,078 Nowhere 1997 · $194,201 #12,079 The Return of Swamp Thing 1989 · $192,816 #12,080 Beverly Hills Brats 1989 · $192,561 #12,082 The Angry Cid 1983 · $191,299 #12,083 The Indian Runner 1991 · $191,125 #12,084 For Queen & Country 1988 · $191,051

Quick answer

How did In Trousers (1979) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

In Trousers (1979) earned a reported $192.0K worldwide against a reported $70.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $122.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.74x. In this database it currently ranks #12,081 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #82 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross
$192,000
Budget
$70,000
Gross minus budget
$122,000
ROI
2.74x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

The first of the trilogy of musicals made by William Finn called The Marvin Trilogy and set before March of the Falsettos, In Trousers follows the life of Marvin as he struggles with his sexuality and how this affects his life with his wife. We also get insight into Marvin’s high school life, his affair with a man named Whizzer Brown and his wife’s reactions to all of this.

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Production details

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, In Trousers is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $192,000, reported production budget is $70,000, gross-minus-budget is $122,000, ROI is 2.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,081 all-time in the current chart set and #82 among 1979 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.