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#7,936 All-time worldwide
#69 1983 releases

Movie profile

Without a Trace

1983 · 120 min · 20th Century Fox

Drama Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$864,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Without a Trace 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 #7,936 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #114 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #3,325 Drama of 5,859 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 Without a Trace (1983) perform at the box office?

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Without a Trace (1983) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $9.6M. In this database it currently ranks #7,936 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,600,000
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

English professor Susan Selky lives alone in a Brooklyn apartment with her young son, Alex. When Alex fails to return home from school one afternoon, a frantic Selky contacts the police. Detective Al Menetti, a father himself, takes an interest in the case that quickly turns into an obsession. As a devastated Selky struggles to come to terms with Alex's disappearance, Menetti steps out from behind the badge to continue investigating.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 4, 1983
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Without a Trace is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Mystery title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,936 all-time in the current chart set and #69 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.