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#10,558 All-time worldwide
#132 1985 releases

Movie profile

The Slugger's Wife

1985 · 104 min · Columbia Pictures

Romance Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$939,281

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$939,280

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$169,071

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Slugger's Wife 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 #10,558 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #132 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #250 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,104 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Slugger's Wife (1985) perform at the box office?

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The Slugger's Wife (1985) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.9M. In this database it currently ranks #10,558 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #132 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,878,561
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

Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an emotional journey that sees his career take off, while hers doesn't. She can't escape unhappiness when she gives up her dreams to support her husband. With a separation on the horizon, Darryl must choose between his big-league life and his one true love.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 29, 1985
Production
Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions, Delphi II Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, The Slugger's Wife is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama, Comedy title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,558 all-time in the current chart set and #132 among 1985 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.