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#6,893 All-time worldwide
#58 1982 releases

Movie profile

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982 · 114 min · Mc Elroy & Mc Elroy

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.2M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $7.2M
ROI 2.20x

Domestic gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Year of Living Dangerously ranks

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Quick answer

How did The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) perform at the box office?

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The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) earned a reported $13.2M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.20x. In this database it currently ranks #6,893 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #58 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,200,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,200,000
ROI
2.20x
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

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 1982
Production
McElroy & McElroy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Freddie Fields Productions
Countries
AU, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, The Year of Living Dangerously is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from McElroy & McElroy. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.2M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.2M, ROI is 2.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,893 all-time in the current chart set and #58 among 1982 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.