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#12,528 All-time worldwide
#171 1985 releases

Movie profile

A Killing Affair

1985 · 100 min · Tomorrow Entertainment

Drama Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $35,000
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$17,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3,150

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Killing Affair 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 #12,528 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #171 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Primary genre #5,681 Drama of 5,859 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.

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Quick answer

How did A Killing Affair (1985) perform at the box office?

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A Killing Affair (1985) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $35.0K. In this database it currently ranks #12,528 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #171 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$35,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Peter Weller stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she begins to fall for him, but continues to question whether or not she can trust him. Directed by David Saperstein and based on a novel by Robert Houston, A Killing Affair features twists and turns up until the end.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 24, 1985
Production
Tomorrow Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, A Killing Affair is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Crime title from Tomorrow Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $35,000. For comparison, it currently sits #12,528 all-time in the current chart set and #171 among 1985 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.