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#11,438 All-time worldwide
#121 1983 releases

Movie profile

The Wicked Lady

1983 · 98 min · London Cannon Films

Drama Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $724,912
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.3M
ROI 0.05x

Domestic gross

$362,456

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$362,456

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$65,242

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Wicked Lady 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 #11,438 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #121 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Primary genre #5,087 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.

#11,435 Encounters of the Spooky Kind 1980 · $731,753 #11,436 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 · $726,000 #11,437 Vampire's Kiss 1989 · $725,131 #11,439 Monopol 1996 · $724,379 #11,440 The Big One 1997 · $720,074 #11,441 Kicking and Screaming 1995 · $718,490

Quick answer

How did The Wicked Lady (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Wicked Lady (1983) earned a reported $724.9K worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.05x. In this database it currently ranks #11,438 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #121 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$724,912
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,275,088
ROI
0.05x
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

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 21, 1983
Production
London-Cannon Films, Dawn Property Company, The Cannon Group
Countries
GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyLondon Cannon Films Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartAdventure

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, The Wicked Lady is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Adventure title from London-Cannon Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $724,912, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.3M, ROI is 0.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,438 all-time in the current chart set and #121 among 1983 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.