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#6,432 All-time worldwide
#74 1991 releases

Movie profile

A Kiss Before Dying

1991 · 95 min · Kellgate Limited

Mystery Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.4M
Budget —
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ROI —

Domestic gross

$6.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Kiss Before Dying 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 #6,432 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #74 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Primary genre #527 Mystery of 951 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 Kiss Before Dying (1991) perform at the box office?

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A Kiss Before Dying (1991) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $15.4M. In this database it currently ranks #6,432 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #74 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,400,000
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

Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 26, 1991
Production
Kellgate Limited, Universal Pictures, Initial Pictures
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKellgate Limited Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, A Kiss Before Dying is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Thriller, Crime title from Kellgate Limited. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.4M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,432 all-time in the current chart set and #74 among 1991 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.