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#10,151 All-time worldwide
#114 1984 releases

Movie profile

Zero

1984 · 128 min · Toho

War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.5M
Budget $6.3M
Gross minus budget -$3.8M
ROI 0.40x

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$280,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Zero 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 #10,151 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #114 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #63 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Primary genre #372 War of 483 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.

#10,148 Reform School Girls 1986 · $2.5M #10,149 Ridicule 1996 · $2.5M #10,150 The Black Marble 1980 · $2.5M #10,175 P.O.W. The Escape 1986 · $2.5M #10,176 Rumble Fish 1983 · $2.5M #10,177 The Stupids 1996 · $2.5M

Quick answer

How did Zero (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Zero (1984) earned a reported $2.5M worldwide against a reported $6.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.40x. In this database it currently ranks #10,151 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #114 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Budget
$6,250,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,750,000
ROI
0.40x
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

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 11, 1984
Production
TOHO
Countries
JP

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyToho Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartWar

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Zero is positioned in this dataset as a War title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.5M, reported production budget is $6.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.8M, ROI is 0.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,151 all-time in the current chart set and #114 among 1984 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.