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#7,584 All-time worldwide
#85 1985 releases

Movie profile

After Hours

1985 · 97 min · Double Play

Comedy Thriller Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.6M
Budget $4.5M
Gross minus budget $6.1M
ROI 2.36x

Domestic gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$954,839

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where After Hours 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 #7,584 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #85 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #1 Double Play of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Double Play movie set. Primary genre #2,950 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#7,581 Death House 2018 · $10.6M #7,582 The Dark Half 1993 · $10.6M #7,583 Irina Palm 2007 · $10.6M #7,585 The House on Sorority Row 1982 · $10.6M #7,586 The Boys 1997 · $10.6M #7,587 Broadway Danny Rose 1984 · $10.6M

Quick answer

How did After Hours (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

After Hours (1985) earned a reported $10.6M worldwide against a reported $4.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.36x. In this database it currently ranks #7,584 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #85 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,609,321
Budget
$4,500,000
Gross minus budget
$6,109,321
ROI
2.36x
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

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 13, 1985
Production
Double Play, Geffen Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDouble Play Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, After Hours is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Thriller, Drama title from Double Play. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.6M, reported production budget is $4.5M, gross-minus-budget is $6.1M, ROI is 2.36x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,584 all-time in the current chart set and #85 among 1985 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.