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#11,902 All-time worldwide
#147 1984 releases

Movie profile

Return of Bastard Swordsman

1984 · 95 min · Shaw Brothers

Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $285,437
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$114,175

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$171,262

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$31,969

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Return of Bastard Swordsman 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 #11,902 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #147 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #7 Shaw Brothers of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Shaw Brothers movie set. Primary genre #2,841 Action of 2,939 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.

#11,899 Continental 1989 · $288,486 #11,900 Matador 1986 · $286,126 #11,901 Cold Steel 1987 · $285,885 #11,903 Citizen Ruth 1996 · $285,112 #11,904 Dil Kya Kare 1999 · $284,856 #11,905 The Doom Generation 1995 · $284,785

Quick answer

How did Return of Bastard Swordsman (1984) perform at the box office?

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Return of Bastard Swordsman (1984) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $285.4K. In this database it currently ranks #11,902 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #147 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$285,437
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

Wudang is in trouble again, with both Dugu Wu Di planning to attack the Wudang temple and an interloping group of martial artists from Japan waiting in the background.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 8, 1984
Production
Shaw Brothers
Countries
HK

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Return of Bastard Swordsman is positioned in this dataset as a Action title from Shaw Brothers. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $285,437. For comparison, it currently sits #11,902 all-time in the current chart set and #147 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.