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#8,326 All-time worldwide
#98 1985 releases

Movie profile

My Life as a Dog

1985 · 102 min · Sf Studios

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$747,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where My Life as a Dog 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 #8,326 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #98 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #2 Sf Studios of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Sf Studios movie set. Primary genre #3,511 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.

#8,323 London Boulevard 2010 · $8.3M #8,324 Capture the Flag 2015 · $8.3M #8,325 Bel Ami 2012 · $8.3M #8,333 The Greatest 1977 · $8.3M #8,334 Pretty Cure All Stars F 2023 · $8.3M #8,335 Shadow of the Vampire 2000 · $8.3M

Quick answer

How did My Life as a Dog (1985) perform at the box office?

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My Life as a Dog (1985) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.3M. In this database it currently ranks #8,326 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #98 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,300,000
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 boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 12, 1985
Production
SF Studios, FilmTeknik
Countries
SE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySf Studios Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, My Life as a Dog is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from SF Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,326 all-time in the current chart set and #98 among 1985 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.