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#9,065 All-time worldwide
#75 1980 releases

Movie profile

The Dogs of War

1980 · 118 min · Juniper Films

Thriller Action Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.5M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.5M
ROI 0.69x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$614,223

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Dogs of War 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 #9,065 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #75 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #1 Juniper Films of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Juniper Films movie set. Primary genre #2,017 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#9,059 The Neighbor 2020 · $5.5M #9,063 Three of Hearts 1993 · $5.5M #9,064 People I Know 2002 · $5.5M #9,066 Jism 2003 · $5.5M #9,067 Made 2001 · $5.5M #9,068 Wolves 1999 · $5.5M

Quick answer

How did The Dogs of War (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Dogs of War (1980) earned a reported $5.5M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.69x. In this database it currently ranks #9,065 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #75 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,484,132
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,515,868
ROI
0.69x
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

Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 1980
Production
Juniper Films, United Artists
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyJuniper Films Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, The Dogs of War is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Action, Adventure title from Juniper Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.5M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.5M, ROI is 0.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,065 all-time in the current chart set and #75 among 1980 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.