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#6,052 All-time worldwide
#42 1983 releases

Movie profile

Max Dugan Returns

1983 · 98 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Drama Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Max Dugan Returns 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 #6,052 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #42 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #99 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #2,366 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.

#6,049 Norwegian Wood 2010 · $17.6M #6,050 The Postman 1997 · $17.6M #6,051 Neerja 2016 · $17.6M #6,053 Svaha: The Sixth Finger 2019 · $17.6M #6,054 One Missed Call 2003 · $17.6M #6,055 Swing Vote 2008 · $17.6M

Quick answer

How did Max Dugan Returns (1983) perform at the box office?

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Max Dugan Returns (1983) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $17.6M. In this database it currently ranks #6,052 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #42 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,613,720
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

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 25, 1983
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Max Dugan Returns is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Family title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,052 all-time in the current chart set and #42 among 1983 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.