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#8,377 All-time worldwide
#69 1981 releases

Movie profile

Prince of the City

1981 · 167 min · Orion Pictures

Drama Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.1M
Budget $8.6M
Gross minus budget -$475,743
ROI 0.94x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$731,183

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Prince of the City 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 #8,377 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #50 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,539 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 Prince of the City (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Prince of the City (1981) earned a reported $8.1M worldwide against a reported $8.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$475.7K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.94x. In this database it currently ranks #8,377 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,124,257
Budget
$8,600,000
Gross minus budget
-$475,743
ROI
0.94x
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

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 19, 1981
Production
Orion Pictures, Taurus Film
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Prince of the City is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Crime title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.1M, reported production budget is $8.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$475,743, ROI is 0.94x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,377 all-time in the current chart set and #69 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.