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#8,936 All-time worldwide
#81 1982 releases

Movie profile

The Grey Fox

1982 · 92 min · Mercury Pictures

Western History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.0M
Budget $4.5M
Gross minus budget $1.5M
ROI 1.33x

Domestic gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$672,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Grey Fox 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 #8,936 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #81 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Primary genre #128 Western of 243 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 Grey Fox (1982) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Grey Fox (1982) earned a reported $6.0M worldwide against a reported $4.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.33x. In this database it currently ranks #8,936 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #81 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,000,000
Budget
$4,500,000
Gross minus budget
$1,500,000
ROI
1.33x
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

Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison. A genial and charming old man, he re-enters a world unfamiliar to him, and returns to the only thing that gives him purpose — robbery.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 16, 1982
Production
Mercury Pictures, David Brady Productions
Countries
CA

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, The Grey Fox is positioned in this dataset as a Western, History title from Mercury Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.0M, reported production budget is $4.5M, gross-minus-budget is $1.5M, ROI is 1.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,936 all-time in the current chart set and #81 among 1982 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.