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#11,324 All-time worldwide
#131 1984 releases

Movie profile

Songwriter

1984 · 94 min · Tri Star Pictures

Drama Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $865,915
Budget $8.6M
Gross minus budget -$7.7M
ROI 0.10x

Domestic gross

$432,958

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$432,957

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$77,932

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Songwriter 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 #11,324 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #131 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #89 Tri Star Pictures of 96 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Pictures movie set. Primary genre #5,023 Drama of 5,859 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.

#11,321 Parents 1989 · $870,532 #11,322 Khaleel after Modification 1987 · $870,000 #11,323 Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time 1991 · $869,325 #11,325 Four More Days 2026 · $864,091 #11,326 The Castle 1997 · $861,789 #11,327 The Terror Within 1989 · $858,591

Quick answer

How did Songwriter (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Songwriter (1984) earned a reported $865.9K worldwide against a reported $8.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$7.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.10x. In this database it currently ranks #11,324 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #131 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$865,915
Budget
$8,600,000
Gross minus budget
-$7,734,085
ROI
0.10x
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

Doc Jenkins may be one of country music's most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He's split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, a country outlaw with a heart of gold. Doc's singer-wife, Honey Carder, has thrown him out of the house. And now he's gotten involved with a sleazy music manager, Rodeo Rocky, who's out to steal his material. Teaming up with Blackie, Doc takes drastic measures to win back his family and reclaim his songs.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 14, 1984
Production
TriStar Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyTri Star Pictures Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMusic

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Songwriter is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $865,915, reported production budget is $8.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$7.7M, ROI is 0.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,324 all-time in the current chart set and #131 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.