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#6,222 All-time worldwide
#40 1980 releases

Movie profile

Rough Cut

1980 · 112 min · David Merrick Productions

Adventure Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.7M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget $2.7M
ROI 1.19x

Domestic gross

$6.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rough Cut 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 #6,222 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Primary genre #1,401 Adventure of 2,138 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

How did Rough Cut (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Rough Cut (1980) earned a reported $16.7M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.19x. In this database it currently ranks #6,222 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,656,125
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,656,125
ROI
1.19x
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

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 19, 1980
Production
David Merrick Productions, Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyDavid Merrick Productions Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Rough Cut is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Comedy, Crime title from David Merrick Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.7M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.7M, ROI is 1.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,222 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1980 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.