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#12,699 All-time worldwide
#142 1983 releases

Movie profile

Twice Upon a Time

1983 · 73 min · Lucasfilm Ltd..

Animation Comedy Adventure Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5,000
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.0M
ROI 0.00x

Domestic gross

$2,100

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2,900

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$777

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Twice Upon a Time 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 #12,699 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #142 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #21 Lucasfilm Ltd.. of 21 titles Position inside the mapped Lucasfilm Ltd.. movie set. Primary genre #910 Animation of 920 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.

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Quick answer

How did Twice Upon a Time (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Twice Upon a Time (1983) earned a reported $5.0K worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,699 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #142 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,995,000
ROI
0.00x
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

In the world of the Murkworks where nightmares are made, the evil Synonamess Botch hatches a scheme to make non-stop nightmares. Only Ralph and Mumford, misfits from the cheery land of Frivoli where good dreams are made, can stop him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 5, 1983
Production
Lucasfilm Ltd., Korty Films, The Ladd Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyLucasfilm Ltd.. Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Twice Upon a Time is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy, Adventure title from Lucasfilm Ltd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5,000, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.0M, ROI is 0.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,699 all-time in the current chart set and #142 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.