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#8,353 All-time worldwide
#84 1986 releases

Movie profile

Lucas

1986 · 108 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.2M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $2.2M
ROI 1.37x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$738,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lucas 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 #8,353 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #84 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #126 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #3,256 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.

#8,350 Senna 2010 · $8.2M #8,351 Black Robe 1991 · $8.2M #8,352 The Machinist 2004 · $8.2M #8,364 The Castle of Cagliostro 1979 · $8.2M #8,365 Otto's Eleven 2010 · $8.2M #8,366 Behind the Blue Eyes 2023 · $8.2M

Quick answer

How did Lucas (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lucas (1986) earned a reported $8.2M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.37x. In this database it currently ranks #8,353 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #84 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,200,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,200,000
ROI
1.37x
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 brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 28, 1986
Production
20th Century Fox, Lawrence Gordon Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Lucas is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.2M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.2M, ROI is 1.37x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,353 all-time in the current chart set and #84 among 1986 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.