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#6,684 All-time worldwide
#59 1984 releases

Movie profile

The Ice Pirates

1984 · 94 min · Jf Productions

Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.3M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget $5.3M
ROI 1.58x

Domestic gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Ice Pirates 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 #6,684 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #59 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Primary genre #815 Science Fiction of 1,234 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.

#6,681 The Wizard 1989 · $14.3M #6,682 Stealing Harvard 2002 · $14.3M #6,683 Colette 2018 · $14.3M #6,685 Paradise Murdered 2007 · $14.2M #6,686 Caramel 2007 · $14.2M #6,687 Petty Romance 2010 · $14.2M

Quick answer

How did The Ice Pirates (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Ice Pirates (1984) earned a reported $14.3M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.58x. In this database it currently ranks #6,684 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #59 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,250,000
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,250,000
ROI
1.58x
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

In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 16, 1984
Production
JF Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, The Ice Pirates is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Action, Adventure title from JF Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.3M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.3M, ROI is 1.58x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,684 all-time in the current chart set and #59 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.