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#5,180 All-time worldwide
#27 1978 releases

Movie profile

Magic

1978 · 107 min · Joseph E. Levine Productions

Drama Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.8M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $16.8M
ROI 3.40x

Domestic gross

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Magic 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 #5,180 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Primary genre #2,035 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.

#5,177 Eight Crazy Nights 2002 · $23.8M #5,178 A Rainy Day in New York 2019 · $23.8M #5,179 Lady Vengeance 2005 · $23.8M #5,183 Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble 2012 · $23.8M #5,184 The Lost Bladesman 2011 · $23.8M #5,185 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 2003 · $23.8M

Quick answer

How did Magic (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Magic (1978) earned a reported $23.8M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $16.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.40x. In this database it currently ranks #5,180 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,800,000
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$16,800,000
ROI
3.40x
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 ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 8, 1978
Production
Joseph E. Levine Productions, 20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyJoseph E. Levine Productions Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Magic is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Horror title from Joseph E. Levine Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.8M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $16.8M, ROI is 3.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,180 all-time in the current chart set and #27 among 1978 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.