Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$15.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$15.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$2.7M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where The Decline of the American Empire ranks
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How did The Decline of the American Empire (1986) perform at the box office?
High confidenceThe Decline of the American Empire (1986) earned a reported $30.0M worldwide against a reported $1.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $28.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.67x. In this database it currently ranks #4,603 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #39 among 1986 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $30,000,000
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Gross minus budget
- $28,200,000
- ROI
- 16.67x
Synopsis
Story
Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. Meanwhile, their four female guests, Louise (Remy's wife of 15 years), Dominique (a spinster), Diane (a divorcée) and Danielle (Pierre's girlfriend) are spending the time at a downtown health gym. They also discuss sex, the female body and, naturally, men. Later in the evening, they finally meet at the country house and have dinner. A ninth guest, named Mario, who used to know Diane, drops in on the group for some talk and has a surprise of his own.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1986, The Decline of the American Empire is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Corporation Image M & M. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $30.0M, reported production budget is $1.8M, gross-minus-budget is $28.2M, ROI is 16.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,603 all-time in the current chart set and #39 among 1986 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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