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#10,873 All-time worldwide
#112 1983 releases

Movie profile

Sahara

1983 · 111 min · The Cannon Group

Action Adventure Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.4M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget -$10.6M
ROI 0.12x

Domestic gross

$701,481

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$701,481

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$126,267

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sahara 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 #10,873 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #112 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #28 The Cannon Group of 40 titles Position inside the mapped The Cannon Group movie set. Primary genre #2,725 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.

#10,870 The White Angel 1936 · $1.4M #10,871 Man on Fire 1957 · $1.4M #10,872 Looking for Richard 1996 · $1.4M #10,874 Happiest Season 2020 · $1.4M #10,875 The Celluloid Closet 1996 · $1.4M #10,876 Broadway Bill 1934 · $1.4M

Quick answer

How did Sahara (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Sahara (1983) earned a reported $1.4M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.12x. In this database it currently ranks #10,873 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #112 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,402,962
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,597,038
ROI
0.12x
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

Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 1, 1983
Production
The Cannon Group, Cabal Film, London-Cannon Films
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Cannon Group Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Sahara is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Drama title from The Cannon Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.4M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.6M, ROI is 0.12x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,873 all-time in the current chart set and #112 among 1983 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.