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#9,800 All-time worldwide
#86 1981 releases

Movie profile

Looker

1981 · 94 min · The Ladd Company

Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$367,610

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Looker 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 #9,800 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #86 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #11 The Ladd Company of 14 titles Position inside the mapped The Ladd Company movie set. Primary genre #1,047 Science Fiction of 1,234 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.

#9,797 Happily Ever After 1989 · $3.3M #9,798 The Glass Shield 1994 · $3.3M #9,799 Only the Strong 1993 · $3.3M #9,801 Freaks Out 2021 · $3.3M #9,802 Romeo Is Bleeding 1993 · $3.3M #9,803 Half Brothers 2020 · $3.3M

Quick answer

How did Looker (1981) perform at the box office?

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Looker (1981) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $3.3M. In this database it currently ranks #9,800 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #86 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,282,232
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 30, 1981
Production
The Ladd Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Ladd Company Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Looker is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Thriller title from The Ladd Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,800 all-time in the current chart set and #86 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.