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#9,877 All-time worldwide
#89 1981 releases

Movie profile

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981 · 104 min · Cine Artist Film Gmb H

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.1M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $100,000
ROI 1.03x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$279,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lady Chatterley's Lover 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 #9,877 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #89 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #4,277 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.

#9,874 Night of the Demons 1988 · $3.1M #9,875 The Desert Child 2026 · $3.1M #9,876 K2 1991 · $3.1M #9,886 The Legend of Billie Jean 1985 · $3.1M #9,887 Black Serenade 2001 · $3.1M #9,888 Casomai 2002 · $3.1M

Quick answer

How did Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) earned a reported $3.1M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $100.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.03x. In this database it currently ranks #9,877 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #89 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,100,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$100,000
ROI
1.03x
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

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 29, 1981
Production
Cine Artist Film GmbH, Cine-Source, London-Cannon Films
Countries
FR, DE, GB

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Studio / production companyCine Artist Film Gmb H Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Lady Chatterley's Lover is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Cine Artist Film GmbH. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.1M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $100,000, ROI is 1.03x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,877 all-time in the current chart set and #89 among 1981 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.