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#6,701 All-time worldwide
#60 1984 releases

Movie profile

Tank

1984 · 113 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tank 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 #6,701 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #60 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #272 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,601 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.

#6,698 Happy Flight 2008 · $14.2M #6,699 Wholly Moses 1980 · $14.2M #6,700 Poltergeist III 1988 · $14.1M #6,702 Hi-Five 2025 · $14.1M #6,703 Dream Scenario 2023 · $14.1M #6,704 Cool World 1992 · $14.1M

Quick answer

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

Medium confidence

Tank (1984) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $14.1M. In this database it currently ranks #6,701 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #60 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,134,877
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

After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey butts heads with the local sheriff. Zack doesn't agree with the ways of the local police, and when the sheriff goes after Zack's son, it's time for Zack to roll out the Sherman tank and wage a little war of his own.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 16, 1984
Production
Universal Pictures, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Tank is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,701 all-time in the current chart set and #60 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.