#1,752 All-time worldwide

#4 1980 releases

Movie profile

The Blues Brothers

Name: The Blues Brothers
Genre: Music, Comedy, Action, Crime
Released: 1980-06-16
Duration: 133 min

1980 · 133 min · Universal Pictures

Music Comedy Action Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $115.2M

Budget $27.0M

Gross minus budget $88.2M

ROI 4.27x

Domestic gross

$46.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$69.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$12.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Blues Brothers ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,752 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 125 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #101 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 The Blues Brothers of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #48 Music of 578 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 The Blues Brothers (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Blues Brothers (1980) earned a reported $115.2M worldwide against a reported $27.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $88.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.27x. In this database it currently ranks #1,752 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross: $115,229,890
Budget: $27,000,000
Gross minus budget: $88,229,890
ROI: 4.27x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 16, 1980
Production: Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures FranchiseThe Blues Brothers Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartComedy Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, The Blues Brothers is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Comedy, Action title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $115.2M, reported production budget is $27.0M, gross-minus-budget is $88.2M, ROI is 4.27x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,752 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1980 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.