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#12,610 All-time worldwide
#121 1980 releases

Movie profile

The Mute

1980 · 95 min · Maaaml Mdyn Alsynma

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17,740
Budget $13,900
Gross minus budget $3,840
ROI 1.28x

Domestic gross

$8,870

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8,870

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1,597

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Mute 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 #12,610 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #121 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #4 Maaaml Mdyn Alsynma of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Maaaml Mdyn Alsynma movie set. Primary genre #2,566 Romance of 2,607 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.

#12,607 Girlfriends 1996 · $18,000 #12,608 Seize the Day 1965 · $17,890 #12,609 Diary of a Chambermaid 1964 · $17,754 #12,611 Shoeshine 1946 · $17,480 #12,612 Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho 1978 · $17,280 #12,613 Django 1966 · $17,277

Quick answer

How did The Mute (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Mute (1980) earned a reported $17.7K worldwide against a reported $13.9K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.28x. In this database it currently ranks #12,610 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #121 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,740
Budget
$13,900
Gross minus budget
$3,840
ROI
1.28x
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

Engineer Ahmed indirectly causes the death of his colleague Hossam, and suffers from a neurological trauma that causes him to be mute. He gets to know Aida, who admires him, so they plan to get married despite her father's objections.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 10, 1980
Production
معامل مدينة السينما
Countries
EG

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Studio / production companyMaaaml Mdyn Alsynma Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, The Mute is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from معامل مدينة السينما. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17,740, reported production budget is $13,900, gross-minus-budget is $3,840, ROI is 1.28x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,610 all-time in the current chart set and #121 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.