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#6,319 All-time worldwide
#58 1986 releases

Movie profile

Armour of God

1986 · 97 min · Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Adventure Action Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.0M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $1.0M
ROI 1.07x

Domestic gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Armour of God 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 #6,319 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #58 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #15 Orange Sky Golden Harvest of 30 titles Position inside the mapped Orange Sky Golden Harvest movie set. Franchise #3 Armour Of God of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,419 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#6,316 Across the Sea of Time 1995 · $16.0M #6,317 Hypnotic 2023 · $16.0M #6,318 Suffragette 2015 · $16.0M #6,345 Get Married If You Can 2014 · $16.0M #6,346 Before Sunset 2004 · $16.0M #6,347 Caveman 1981 · $16.0M

Quick answer

How did Armour of God (1986) perform at the box office?

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Armour of God (1986) earned a reported $16.0M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.07x. In this database it currently ranks #6,319 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #58 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,000,000
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$1,000,000
ROI
1.07x
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

Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the sword as ransom as well as other pieces of the legendary Armour of God - a magical outfit dating back to the Crusades.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 16, 1986
Production
Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Paragon Films, Jadran Film
Countries
HK, YU, AT

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Studio / production companyOrange Sky Golden Harvest FranchiseArmour Of God Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Armour of God is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Action, Comedy title from Orange Sky Golden Harvest. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.0M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.0M, ROI is 1.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,319 all-time in the current chart set and #58 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.