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#12,549 All-time worldwide
#150 1982 releases

Movie profile

The Man Who Saved the World

1982 · 91 min · Anıt Film

Science Fiction Action Adventure Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29,934
Budget $300,000
Gross minus budget -$270,066
ROI 0.10x

Domestic gross

$11,974

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17,960

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3,353

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man Who Saved the World 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 #12,549 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #150 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Primary genre #1,225 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.

#12,546 Sans Soleil 1983 · $30,878 #12,547 La Chinoise 1967 · $30,857 #12,548 Hearts and Minds 1974 · $30,000 #12,550 Deadly Deception 1991 · $29,920 #12,551 O.C. and Stiggs 1987 · $29,815 #12,552 The Seven Five 2026 · $29,568

Quick answer

How did The Man Who Saved the World (1982) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Man Who Saved the World (1982) earned a reported $29.9K worldwide against a reported $300.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$270.1K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.10x. In this database it currently ranks #12,549 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #150 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,934
Budget
$300,000
Gross minus budget
-$270,066
ROI
0.10x
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

Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Although the movie borrows some background footage from Star Wars, the plot is mostly unrelated.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 4, 1982
Production
Anıt Film
Countries
TR

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Studio / production companyAnıt Film FranchiseThe Man Who Saved The World Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, The Man Who Saved the World is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Action, Adventure title from Anıt Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29,934, reported production budget is $300,000, gross-minus-budget is -$270,066, ROI is 0.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,549 all-time in the current chart set and #150 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.