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#7,038 All-time worldwide
#86 1990 releases

Movie profile

Bad Influence

1990 · 99 min · Epic Productions

Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.6M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $5.6M
ROI 1.80x

Domestic gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bad Influence 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 #7,038 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #86 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Studio / company #1 Epic Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Epic Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,608 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#7,035 Narc 2002 · $12.6M #7,036 Made in Dagenham 2010 · $12.6M #7,037 Buddenbrooks 2008 · $12.6M #7,039 Ben Is Back 2018 · $12.6M #7,040 The Omega Code 1999 · $12.6M #7,041 Sheriff 2024 · $12.6M

Quick answer

How did Bad Influence (1990) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bad Influence (1990) earned a reported $12.6M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.80x. In this database it currently ranks #7,038 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #86 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,626,043
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,626,043
ROI
1.80x
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

Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 9, 1990
Production
Epic Productions, Producers Representative Organization, Sarliu/Diamant
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, Bad Influence is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller title from Epic Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.6M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.6M, ROI is 1.80x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,038 all-time in the current chart set and #86 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.