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#9,379 All-time worldwide
#83 1980 releases

Movie profile

Willie & Phil

1980 · 115 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.4M
Budget $5.5M
Gross minus budget -$1.1M
ROI 0.80x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$396,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Willie & Phil 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 #9,379 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #83 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #147 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #3,648 Comedy of 4,840 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 Willie & Phil (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Willie & Phil (1980) earned a reported $4.4M worldwide against a reported $5.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.80x. In this database it currently ranks #9,379 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #83 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,400,000
Budget
$5,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,100,000
ROI
0.80x
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

Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's classic film about a decades-long ménage à trois. Soon, the men meet Jeanette, a sexually liberated southern transplant who promptly falls for both of them. Frustrated passions curdle into jealousy as Jeanette entertains love affairs with each in the ensuing years.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 15, 1980
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Willie & Phil is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.4M, reported production budget is $5.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.1M, ROI is 0.80x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,379 all-time in the current chart set and #83 among 1980 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.