Genre box office
Ranked mystery movies by reported worldwide gross, with budgets, gross-minus-budget and ROI where available.
| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 913 |
Maniac Cop
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1988 | $671,382 | $1.1M | -$428,618 | 0.61x | Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment |
| 914 |
Deadly Illusion
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1987 | $626,724 | — | — | — | Pound Ridge Films |
| 915 |
The Tall Target
WW
Financial
|
1951 | $620,000 | $966,000 | -$346,000 | 0.64x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 916 |
Ruby Cairo
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1992 | $608,866 | — | — | — | Miramax |
| 917 |
Boys
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1996 | $516,349 | — | — | — | Touchstone Pictures |
| 918 |
Grand Central Murder
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1942 | $515,000 | $250,000 | $265,000 | 2.06x | Loew's Incorporated |
| 919 |
The Killing Time
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1987 | $500,283 | — | — | — | New World Pictures |
| 920 |
Apprentice to Murder
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1988 | $466,369 | — | — | — | Hot International A/S |
| 921 |
The House with Laughing Windows
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1976 | $432,647 | $61,974 | $370,673 | 6.98x | A.m.a. Film |
| 922 |
Track 29
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1988 | $429,028 | $5.0M | -$4.6M | 0.09x | Handmade Films |
| 923 |
Last Rites
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1988 | $426,965 | — | — | — | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 924 |
Storyville
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1992 | $422,503 | — | — | — | Davis Entertainment |
| 925 |
Slam Dance
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1987 | $406,881 | — | — | — | Sho Films |
| 926 |
Big Brown Eyes
WW
Financial
|
1936 | $359,009 | $289,696 | $69,313 | 1.24x | Walter Wanger Productions |
| 927 |
Waking the Dead
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
2000 | $327,418 | $8.5M | -$8.2M | 0.04x | Poly Gram Filmed Entertainment |
| 928 |
The Cat and the Canary
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1927 | $325,550 | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 929 |
Who is she?
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1966 | $311,900 | $14,300 | $297,600 | 21.81x | — |
| 930 |
The Curse
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1984 | $300,000 | $120,000 | $180,000 | 2.50x | Msr Llastodyohat Oalantag Alsynmayy |
| 931 |
Plain Clothes
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1988 | $289,323 | $7.5M | -$7.2M | 0.04x | Sierra Alta Productions |
| 932 |
Equinox
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1992 | $279,627 | $6.8M | -$6.5M | 0.04x | Rain City Productions |
| 933 |
Cure
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1997 | $234,821 | $20,000 | $214,821 | 11.74x | Daiei Film |
| 934 |
Insomnia
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1997 | $227,569 | — | — | — | Norsk Film |
| 935 |
Young Soul Rebels
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1991 | $225,664 | $3.0M | -$2.8M | 0.07x | Bfi |
| 936 |
Dead & Buried
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $216,166 | $3.0M | -$2.8M | 0.07x | Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance |
The Mystery chart includes indexed movie records that currently carry the Mystery genre label and available worldwide box office data.
Genre pages can change when movie metadata is enriched, corrected or remapped from external data sources.
Yes. Genre movie lists are sorted by reported worldwide gross by default, with budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI shown where available.