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#6,319 All-time worldwide
#47 1981 releases

Movie profile

The Devil and Max Devlin

1981 · 96 min · Walt Disney Productions

Fantasy Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.0M
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Gross minus budget —
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Domestic gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Devil and Max Devlin 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 #6,319 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #47 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #35 Walt Disney Productions of 54 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Productions movie set. Primary genre #822 Fantasy of 1,285 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.

#6,316 Across the Sea of Time 1995 · $16.0M #6,317 Hypnotic 2023 · $16.0M #6,318 Suffragette 2015 · $16.0M #6,345 Get Married If You Can 2014 · $16.0M #6,346 Before Sunset 2004 · $16.0M #6,347 Caveman 1981 · $16.0M

Quick answer

How did The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) perform at the box office?

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The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $16.0M. In this database it currently ranks #6,319 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #47 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,000,000
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

When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to Hell. But the Devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on Earth. Max accepts, and returns to Earth, equipped with special powers. However, his task is harder than expected, especially when seven year old Tobi demands that he marry his mother.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 6, 1981
Production
Walt Disney Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Productions Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, The Devil and Max Devlin is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Comedy title from Walt Disney Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,319 all-time in the current chart set and #47 among 1981 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.