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#8,926 All-time worldwide
#95 1984 releases

Movie profile

Racing with the Moon

1984 · 108 min · Jaffe Lansing

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.0M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.0M
ROI 0.67x

Domestic gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$544,109

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Racing with the Moon 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 #8,926 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #95 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #2 Jaffe Lansing of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Jaffe Lansing movie set. Primary genre #3,801 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.

#8,923 Men Don't Leave 1990 · $6.1M #8,924 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 · $6.1M #8,925 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001 · $6.0M #8,927 Foolish 1999 · $6.0M #8,928 East/West 1999 · $6.0M #8,929 A Fine Mess 1986 · $6.0M

Quick answer

How did Racing with the Moon (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Racing with the Moon (1984) earned a reported $6.0M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.67x. In this database it currently ranks #8,926 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #95 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,045,657
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,954,343
ROI
0.67x
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

In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 23, 1984
Production
Jaffe-Lansing, Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyJaffe Lansing Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Racing with the Moon is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Jaffe-Lansing. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.0M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.0M, ROI is 0.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,926 all-time in the current chart set and #95 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.