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#8,293 All-time worldwide
#80 1984 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.4M
Budget $7.4M
Gross minus budget $1.0M
ROI 1.13x

Domestic gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$758,744

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Nineteen Eighty-Four ranks

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Quick answer

How did Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) earned a reported $8.4M worldwide against a reported $7.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.13x. In this database it currently ranks #8,293 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #80 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,430,492
Budget
$7,430,072
Gross minus budget
$1,000,420
ROI
1.13x
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

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 9, 1984
Production
Umbrella-Rosenblum Film Production, Virgin Films
Countries
GB

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Science Fiction title from Umbrella-Rosenblum Film Production. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.4M, reported production budget is $7.4M, gross-minus-budget is $1.0M, ROI is 1.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,293 all-time in the current chart set and #80 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.