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#11,508 All-time worldwide
#120 1982 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $646,714
Budget
Gross minus budget
ROI

Domestic gross

$323,357

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$323,357

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$58,204

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Pals ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Pals (1982) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Pals (1982) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $646.7K. In this database it currently ranks #11,508 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #120 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$646,714
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

José is an unemployed 18-year-old living in a cramped apartment in the slums of Madrid. Marginalized by poverty, José spends his time with his friend Antonio. However, when José gets his girlfriend, Rosario, pregnant, the two friends try anything to get the money to pay for her to have an abortion.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 25, 1982
Production
Ópalo Films, Award Films International
Countries
ES

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, Pals is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Ópalo Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $646,714. For comparison, it currently sits #11,508 all-time in the current chart set and #120 among 1982 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.