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#6,970 All-time worldwide
#72 1985 releases

Movie profile

Real Genius

1985 · 106 min · Tri Star Delphi Iii Productions

Comedy Romance Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.0M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $5.0M
ROI 1.62x

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Real Genius 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 #6,970 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #72 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #1 Tri Star Delphi Iii Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Delphi Iii Productions movie set. Primary genre #2,713 Comedy of 4,840 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 Real Genius (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Real Genius (1985) earned a reported $13.0M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.62x. In this database it currently ranks #6,970 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #72 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,952,019
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,952,019
ROI
1.62x
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

When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 7, 1985
Production
Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions, Brian Grazer Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTri Star Delphi Iii Productions Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Real Genius is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction title from Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.0M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.0M, ROI is 1.62x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,970 all-time in the current chart set and #72 among 1985 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.