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#5,928 All-time worldwide
#55 1985 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.4M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.6M
ROI 0.92x

Domestic gross

$7.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ladyhawke ranks

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

How did Ladyhawke (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ladyhawke (1985) earned a reported $18.4M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.92x. In this database it currently ranks #5,928 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #55 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,432,000
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,568,000
ROI
0.92x
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

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 27, 1985
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Ladyhawke is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.4M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.6M, ROI is 0.92x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,928 all-time in the current chart set and #55 among 1985 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.