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Italian Box Office 1981: Highest-Grossing Italian Movies

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981) is the highest-grossing Italian-language movie released in 1981, with $20K worldwide, ahead of The House by the Cemetery (1981) at $462. 2 Italian-language films released in 1981 report a worldwide gross, $20.4K in all.

1981 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$20.4K
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981), the #1
$20K
The chart

Every Italian Release of 1981, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 1981.

  1. 1 Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981) movie poster
    Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981) Dec 9, 1981 · Action, Adventure $20K worldwide
    Dec 9, 1981 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20K
  2. 2 The House by the Cemetery (1981) movie poster
    The House by the Cemetery (1981) Aug 14, 1981 · Horror, Mystery $462 worldwide
    Aug 14, 1981 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $462
Archive

Italian Box Office Year by Year

Every year from 1945 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2010 leads with $191.2M, led by The Santa Claus Gang (2010).

2020s 7 years · $373.6M
2010s 10 years · $1.1B
2000s 10 years · $918.1M
1990s 8 years · $16.6M
1980s 9 years · $25.5M
1970s 10 years · $2.5M
1960s 10 years · $4M
1950s 6 years · $1.4M
1940s 3 years · $524.9K
FAQ

Italian Box Office 1981: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 2 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing Italian-language movie in 1981?

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981) leads with $20K worldwide. Next come The House by the Cemetery (1981) at $462.

How much did Italian-language movies released in 1981 earn?

2 Italian-language films released in 1981 report a worldwide gross, $20.4K in all, or $10.2K per film on average.

How many Italian-language movies released in 1981 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981), earned $20K.

How is the 1981 Italian box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 1981. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.

How often is the 1981 Italian box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.