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#9,560 All-time worldwide
#89 1983 releases

Movie profile

Joysticks

1983 · 88 min · Jensen Farley Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $300,000
Gross minus budget $3.7M
ROI 13.17x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$442,674

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Joysticks 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 #9,560 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #89 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #2 Jensen Farley Pictures of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Jensen Farley Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,715 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 Joysticks (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Joysticks (1983) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $300.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 13.17x. In this database it currently ranks #9,560 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #89 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,952,448
Budget
$300,000
Gross minus budget
$3,652,448
ROI
13.17x
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 successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the mental health of children.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 4, 1983
Production
Jensen Farley Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyJensen Farley Pictures Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Joysticks is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Jensen Farley Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $300,000, gross-minus-budget is $3.7M, ROI is 13.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,560 all-time in the current chart set and #89 among 1983 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.