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#7,697 All-time worldwide
#88 1985 releases

Movie profile

Lost in America

1985 · 91 min · Marty Katz Productions

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.2M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $6.2M
ROI 2.54x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lost in America 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 #7,697 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #88 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Primary genre #2,994 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 Lost in America (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lost in America (1985) earned a reported $10.2M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.54x. In this database it currently ranks #7,697 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #88 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,179,000
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$6,179,000
ROI
2.54x
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

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 8, 1985
Production
Marty Katz Productions, Geffen Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMarty Katz Productions Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Lost in America is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Marty Katz Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.2M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $6.2M, ROI is 2.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,697 all-time in the current chart set and #88 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.