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#10,202 All-time worldwide
#116 1984 releases

Movie profile

Stranger Than Paradise

1984 · 90 min · Cinesthesia Productions

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.4M
Budget $100,000
Gross minus budget $2.3M
ROI 24.36x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$219,240

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Stranger Than Paradise 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 #10,202 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #116 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Primary genre #3,944 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.

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Quick answer

How did Stranger Than Paradise (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Stranger Than Paradise (1984) earned a reported $2.4M worldwide against a reported $100.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 24.36x. In this database it currently ranks #10,202 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #116 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,436,000
Budget
$100,000
Gross minus budget
$2,336,000
ROI
24.36x
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

New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with their aunt in Cleveland, and Willie takes his best friend Eddie to see her—a visit that culminates in a strange, eventful trip to Florida.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 1, 1984
Production
Cinesthesia Productions, Grokenberger Film Produktion, ZDF
Countries
US, DE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCinesthesia Productions Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Stranger Than Paradise is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Cinesthesia Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.4M, reported production budget is $100,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.3M, ROI is 24.36x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,202 all-time in the current chart set and #116 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.