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#9,108 All-time worldwide
#78 1981 releases

Movie profile

My Dinner with Andre

1981 · 112 min · The Andre Company

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.3M
Budget $475,000
Gross minus budget $4.8M
ROI 11.05x

Domestic gross

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$472,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where My Dinner with Andre 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 #9,108 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #78 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #3,905 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.

#9,105 Love Letters 1983 · $5.3M #9,106 Persuasion 1995 · $5.3M #9,107 Gardens of Stone 1987 · $5.3M #9,110 Black and White 1999 · $5.2M #9,111 Poly 2020 · $5.2M #9,112 Charlotte's Web 1973 · $5.2M

Quick answer

How did My Dinner with Andre (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

My Dinner with Andre (1981) earned a reported $5.3M worldwide against a reported $475.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 11.05x. In this database it currently ranks #9,108 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #78 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,250,000
Budget
$475,000
Gross minus budget
$4,775,000
ROI
11.05x
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

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 11, 1981
Production
The Andre Company, Saga Productions Inc.
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Andre Company Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, My Dinner with Andre is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from The Andre Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.3M, reported production budget is $475,000, gross-minus-budget is $4.8M, ROI is 11.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,108 all-time in the current chart set and #78 among 1981 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.