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#11,788 All-time worldwide
#78 1979 releases

Movie profile

Real Life

1979 · 99 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $364,642
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$145,857

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$218,785

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$40,840

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Real Life 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 #11,788 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #78 Release-year chart position of 94 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979. Studio / company #415 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,480 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.

#11,785 Me Myself I 1999 · $369,975 #11,786 Run, Don't Walk 1989 · $367,838 #11,787 Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1966 · $364,937 #11,789 The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie 1989 · $363,561 #11,790 Killer of Sheep 1978 · $362,222 #11,791 The Source 1999 · $360,895

Quick answer

How did Real Life (1979) perform at the box office?

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Real Life (1979) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $364.6K. In this database it currently ranks #11,788 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #78 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross
$364,642
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

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 2, 1979
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1979 box office Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, Real Life is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $364,642. For comparison, it currently sits #11,788 all-time in the current chart set and #78 among 1979 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.