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#11,362 All-time worldwide
#119 1983 releases

Movie profile

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983 · 106 min · Moctesuma Esparza Productions

Western History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $804,963
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$321,985

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$482,978

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$90,156

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 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 #11,362 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #119 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Primary genre #213 Western of 243 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.

#11,359 Bulletproof 1988 · $807,947 #11,360 Wild Reeds 1994 · $807,775 #11,361 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 1991 · $805,104 #11,363 Those Lips, Those Eyes 1980 · $804,713 #11,364 School Killer 2001 · $804,033 #11,365 Lucky Strike 2026 · $803,112

Quick answer

How did The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) perform at the box office?

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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $805.0K. In this database it currently ranks #11,362 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #119 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$804,963
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

Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 19, 1983
Production
Moctesuma Esparza Productions, American Playhouse, Filmhaus
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez is positioned in this dataset as a Western, History title from Moctesuma Esparza Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $804,963. For comparison, it currently sits #11,362 all-time in the current chart set and #119 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.