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#11,356 All-time worldwide
#70 1979 releases

Movie profile

Tim

1979 · 109 min · Box Office Data

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $809,000
Budget $600,000
Gross minus budget $209,000
ROI 1.35x

Domestic gross

$404,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$404,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$72,810

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tim 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 #11,356 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #70 Release-year chart position of 94 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979. Primary genre #2,296 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.

#11,353 Citizens Band 1977 · $815,174 #11,354 Charly 1968 · $814,666 #11,355 Faraway, So Close! 1993 · $810,455 #11,357 Three elegant men 2026 · $808,394 #11,358 Waxwork 1988 · $808,114 #11,359 Bulletproof 1988 · $807,947

Quick answer

How did Tim (1979) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Tim (1979) earned a reported $809.0K worldwide against a reported $600.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $209.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.35x. In this database it currently ranks #11,356 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #70 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross
$809,000
Budget
$600,000
Gross minus budget
$209,000
ROI
1.35x
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

Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become lovers, as Mary, drawn to Tim's innocence and magnetism, begins to teach him all about life - and love.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 13, 1979
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
AU

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, Tim is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $809,000, reported production budget is $600,000, gross-minus-budget is $209,000, ROI is 1.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,356 all-time in the current chart set and #70 among 1979 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.