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#6,545 All-time worldwide
#50 1981 releases

Movie profile

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

1981 · 112 min · Viacom Enterprises

Drama Music Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #6,545 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #50 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #2,689 Drama of 5,859 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 Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $14.9M. In this database it currently ranks #6,545 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #50 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,923,105
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

An aspiring country singer and his feisty younger sister/manager struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama "inspired by," but not really connected to, the hit '70s ballad.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 5, 1981
Production
Viacom Enterprises, AVCO Embassy Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyViacom Enterprises Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMusic Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music, Comedy title from Viacom Enterprises. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,545 all-time in the current chart set and #50 among 1981 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.