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#10,947 All-time worldwide
#152 1986 releases

Movie profile

8 Million Ways to Die

1986 · 115 min · Pso

Thriller Crime Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.3M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget -$16.7M
ROI 0.07x

Domestic gross

$652,557

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$652,557

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$117,460

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where 8 Million Ways to Die 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 #10,947 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #152 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Primary genre #2,319 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#10,944 The Believer 2001 · $1.3M #10,945 Under Suspicion 2000 · $1.3M #10,946 The Fourth War 1990 · $1.3M #10,948 The Aviator 1985 · $1.3M #10,949 Night Head 1994 · $1.3M #10,950 Native Son 1986 · $1.3M

Quick answer

How did 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

8 Million Ways to Die (1986) earned a reported $1.3M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$16.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.07x. In this database it currently ranks #10,947 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #152 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,305,114
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$16,694,886
ROI
0.07x
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

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 25, 1986
Production
PSO
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyPso Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartCrime Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, 8 Million Ways to Die is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Crime, Action title from PSO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.3M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$16.7M, ROI is 0.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,947 all-time in the current chart set and #152 among 1986 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.