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#9,059 All-time worldwide
#96 1984 releases

Movie profile

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 · 229 min · Embassy International Pictures

Drama Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.5M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$24.5M
ROI 0.18x

Domestic gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$495,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Once Upon a Time in America 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 #9,059 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #96 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #3 Embassy International Pictures of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Embassy International Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,876 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.

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Quick answer

How did Once Upon a Time in America (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Once Upon a Time in America (1984) earned a reported $5.5M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$24.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.18x. In this database it currently ranks #9,059 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #96 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,500,000
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$24,500,000
ROI
0.18x
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 former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 23, 1984
Production
Embassy International Pictures, PSO, The Ladd Company
Countries
US, IT

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyEmbassy International Pictures Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Once Upon a Time in America is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Crime title from Embassy International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.5M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$24.5M, ROI is 0.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,059 all-time in the current chart set and #96 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.