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#7,760 All-time worldwide
#67 1983 releases

Movie profile

The Man with Two Brains

1983 · 93 min · Aspen Film Society

Comedy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.0M
Budget $10.1M
Gross minus budget -$100,000
ROI 0.99x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man with Two Brains 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 #7,760 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #67 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #2 Aspen Film Society of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Aspen Film Society movie set. Primary genre #3,022 Comedy of 4,840 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 Man with Two Brains (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Man with Two Brains (1983) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $10.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$100.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.99x. In this database it currently ranks #7,760 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #67 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Budget
$10,100,000
Gross minus budget
-$100,000
ROI
0.99x
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

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 10, 1983
Production
Aspen Film Society, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyAspen Film Society Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, The Man with Two Brains is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Science Fiction title from Aspen Film Society. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $10.1M, gross-minus-budget is -$100,000, ROI is 0.99x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,760 all-time in the current chart set and #67 among 1983 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.