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#12,503 All-time worldwide
#134 1981 releases

Movie profile

The Spy in the Palace

1981 · — · Yindu Institution Co., Ltd..

Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $43,569
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$17,428

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$26,141

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4,880

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Spy in the Palace 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 #12,503 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #134 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #2,902 Action of 2,939 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.

#12,496 Dawood's Ticket 1990 · $44,000 #12,501 Florida Straits 1986 · $43,971 #12,502 Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989 · $43,671 #12,504 Australian Made: The Movie 1987 · $43,479 #12,505 For Better or Worse 1995 · $41,628 #12,506 Happy New Year 1987 · $41,232

Quick answer

How did The Spy in the Palace (1981) perform at the box office?

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The Spy in the Palace (1981) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $43.6K. In this database it currently ranks #12,503 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #134 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$43,569
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

Adapted from the novel “Fei Feng Qian Long” (飞凤潜龙) by Liang Yu Sheng (梁羽生).

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 15, 1981
Production
Yindu Institution Co., Ltd., Great Wall Film Production Co., Ltd., Phoenix Pictures Company
Countries
HK

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, The Spy in the Palace is positioned in this dataset as a Action title from Yindu Institution Co., Ltd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43,569. For comparison, it currently sits #12,503 all-time in the current chart set and #134 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.