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#6,189 All-time worldwide
#45 1982 releases

Movie profile

They Call Me Bruce?

1982 · 85 min · Box Office Data

Action Comedy Thriller
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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where They Call Me Bruce? 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 #6,189 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #45 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Primary genre #1,824 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.

#6,184 Hotel Mumbai 2019 · $16.9M #6,184 Shanghai Fortress 2019 · $16.9M #6,188 Zapped! 1982 · $16.9M #6,190 Life or Something Like It 2002 · $16.9M #6,191 The Cold Light of Day 2012 · $16.9M #6,192 The Pyramid 2014 · $16.9M

Quick answer

How did They Call Me Bruce? (1982) perform at the box office?

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They Call Me Bruce? (1982) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $16.9M. In this database it currently ranks #6,189 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #45 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,894,678
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

While working as a cook for the Cosa Nostra, an Asian immigrant who everyone calls Bruce because of his resemblance to Bruce Lee, is duped into making deliveries of "Chinese Flour"- cocaine - all across the U.S.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 10, 1982
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, They Call Me Bruce? is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Thriller title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,189 all-time in the current chart set and #45 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.