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#8,248 All-time worldwide
#79 1984 releases

Movie profile

The Bounty

1984 · 132 min · The De Laurentiis Company

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.6M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget -$16.4M
ROI 0.34x

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$775,212

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Bounty 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 #8,248 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #79 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #17 The De Laurentiis Company of 22 titles Position inside the mapped The De Laurentiis Company movie set. Primary genre #2,274 Action of 2,939 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 Bounty (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Bounty (1984) earned a reported $8.6M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$16.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.34x. In this database it currently ranks #8,248 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #79 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,613,462
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$16,386,538
ROI
0.34x
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

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 4, 1984
Production
The De Laurentiis Company, Bounty Films Production
Countries
GB, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, The Bounty is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, History title from The De Laurentiis Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.6M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$16.4M, ROI is 0.34x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,248 all-time in the current chart set and #79 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.