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#8,719 All-time worldwide
#106 1990 releases

Movie profile

Almost an Angel

1990 · 95 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.9M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget -$18.1M
ROI 0.28x

Domestic gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$777,274

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Almost an Angel 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 #8,719 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #106 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Studio / company #337 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,409 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.

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Quick answer

How did Almost an Angel (1990) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Almost an Angel (1990) earned a reported $6.9M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$18.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.28x. In this database it currently ranks #8,719 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #106 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,939,946
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$18,060,054
ROI
0.28x
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

Terry Dean is an electronics wizard and thief. After he is released from jail, he is hit by a car while saving a little girl's life. While in the hospital, he dreams that God visits him and tells him he's an Angel, and must start doing good things to make up for his past life. Not believing it at first, he soon becomes convinced he must be an Angel. Not having any Angel powers yet, he must use his own experiences and talents to make good things happen.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 21, 1990
Production
Paramount Pictures, Ironbark Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1990 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, Almost an Angel is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.9M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$18.1M, ROI is 0.28x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,719 all-time in the current chart set and #106 among 1990 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.