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#5,310 All-time worldwide
#32 1980 releases

Movie profile

Xanadu

1980 · 96 min · Universal Pictures

Fantasy Science Fiction Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.8M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $2.8M
ROI 1.14x

Domestic gross

$9.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Xanadu 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 #5,310 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #32 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #228 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #708 Fantasy of 1,285 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 Xanadu (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Xanadu (1980) earned a reported $22.8M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.14x. In this database it currently ranks #5,310 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #32 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,762,571
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,762,571
ROI
1.14x
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

Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonny Malone to meet. She inspires them to build a huge disco roller rink called Xanadu.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 8, 1980
Production
Universal Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Xanadu is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.8M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.8M, ROI is 1.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,310 all-time in the current chart set and #32 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.