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==Release==
The film opened on 17 September 1981 and received a very wide release in West Germany, opening in 220 theatres and grossing a record $5,176,000 in the first two weeks.<ref name=Winds>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=14 October 1981 |page=6 |title='Boat' Rides B.O. Winds}}</ref> It became the highest-grossing German film in Germany.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=1 May 1985|page=362|title=All-Time German Rental Champs}}</ref>

The film opened in the United States on 10 February 1982.