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#5,037 All-time worldwide
#41 1984 releases

Movie profile

Moscow on the Hudson

1984 · 115 min · Bavaria Film

Comedy Drama Romance
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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$12.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Moscow on the Hudson 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 #5,037 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #41 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #1 Bavaria Film of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Bavaria Film movie set. Primary genre #1,962 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 Moscow on the Hudson (1984) perform at the box office?

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Moscow on the Hudson (1984) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $25.1M. In this database it currently ranks #5,037 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #41 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,100,000
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

A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 6, 1984
Production
Bavaria Film, ML Delphi Premier Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyBavaria Film Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Moscow on the Hudson is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Bavaria Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,037 all-time in the current chart set and #41 among 1984 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.