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#12,579 All-time worldwide
#151 1982 releases

Movie profile

The Atomic Cafe

1982 · 86 min · The Archives Project

Documentary History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22,293
Budget $300,000
Gross minus budget -$277,707
ROI 0.07x

Domestic gross

$8,917

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13,376

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2,497

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Atomic Cafe 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 #12,579 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #151 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Primary genre #187 Documentary of 204 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.

#12,576 Happy Raj 2026 · $23,767 #12,577 American Friends 1991 · $23,358 #12,578 The servant 1990 · $23,000 #12,580 This Is New Zealand 1970 · $22,224 #12,581 The Pickpocket 1970 · $22,000 #12,581 A Man Against the Law 1988 · $22,000

Quick answer

How did The Atomic Cafe (1982) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Atomic Cafe (1982) earned a reported $22.3K worldwide against a reported $300.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$277.7K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.07x. In this database it currently ranks #12,579 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #151 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,293
Budget
$300,000
Gross minus budget
-$277,707
ROI
0.07x
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

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 17, 1982
Production
The Archives Project
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, The Atomic Cafe is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, History title from The Archives Project. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22,293, reported production budget is $300,000, gross-minus-budget is -$277,707, ROI is 0.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,579 all-time in the current chart set and #151 among 1982 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.