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#11,811 All-time worldwide
#127 1983 releases

Movie profile

The Bet

1983 · 100 min · Maspero

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $345,000
Budget $200,000
Gross minus budget $145,000
ROI 1.73x

Domestic gross

$172,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$172,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$31,050

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Bet 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 #11,811 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Primary genre #5,295 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.

#11,808 I Think I Do 1997 · $345,478 #11,809 La Cage aux Folles 3 1985 · $345,280 #11,810 Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman 1981 · $345,151 #11,813 Demon of the Lute 1983 · $344,172 #11,814 Tapeheads 1988 · $343,786 #11,815 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 1988 · $341,000

Quick answer

How did The Bet (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Bet (1983) earned a reported $345.0K worldwide against a reported $200.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $145.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.73x. In this database it currently ranks #11,811 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$345,000
Budget
$200,000
Gross minus budget
$145,000
ROI
1.73x
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

The story is about a lawyer who believes that capital punishment is terrible, and that imprisonment, if forever, remains a compassionate punishment, then he engages in a bet with a businessman, if he can stay in prison for fifteen years exchange for any wealth, and they hold a bet that if he holds, he will get two million rubles.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 7, 1983
Production
Maspero
Countries
EG

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMaspero Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, The Bet is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Maspero. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $345,000, reported production budget is $200,000, gross-minus-budget is $145,000, ROI is 1.73x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,811 all-time in the current chart set and #127 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.