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#6,370 All-time worldwide
#44 1980 releases

Movie profile

The Long Riders

1980 · 100 min · United Artists

Western Action Crime Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.8M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $5.8M
ROI 1.58x

Domestic gross

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Long Riders 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 #6,370 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #44 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #41 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Primary genre #82 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 Long Riders (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Long Riders (1980) earned a reported $15.8M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.58x. In this database it currently ranks #6,370 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #44 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,795,189
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,795,189
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

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 16, 1980
Production
United Artists
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartWestern Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, The Long Riders is positioned in this dataset as a Western, Action, Crime title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.8M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.8M, ROI is 1.58x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,370 all-time in the current chart set and #44 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.