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#7,441 All-time worldwide
#70 1984 releases

Movie profile

The Return of Godzilla

1984 · 103 min · Toho Pictures

Science Fiction Action Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.0M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $5.0M
ROI 1.83x

Domestic gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Return of Godzilla 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 #7,441 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #70 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #12 Toho Pictures of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Toho Pictures movie set. Franchise #5 Godzilla (Heisei) of 7 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #872 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Return of Godzilla (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Return of Godzilla (1984) earned a reported $11.0M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.83x. In this database it currently ranks #7,441 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #70 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,000,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,000,000
ROI
1.83x
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

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 15, 1984
Production
Toho Pictures
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyToho Pictures FranchiseGodzilla (Heisei) Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartAction Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, The Return of Godzilla is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Action, Horror title from Toho Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.0M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.0M, ROI is 1.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,441 all-time in the current chart set and #70 among 1984 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.