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#12,003 All-time worldwide
#195 1987 releases

Movie profile

Bellman and True

1987 · 122 min · Handmade Films

Drama Action Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $226,944
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$113,472

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$113,472

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$20,425

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bellman and True 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 #12,003 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #195 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #12 Handmade Films of 12 titles Position inside the mapped Handmade Films movie set. Primary genre #5,407 Drama of 5,859 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.

#12,000 A Place Called Chiapas 1998 · $229,000 #12,001 A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later 1986 · $228,000 #12,002 Insomnia 1997 · $227,569 #12,004 Cabaret 1953 · $225,831 #12,005 Young Soul Rebels 1991 · $225,664 #12,006 Square Dance 1987 · $225,358

Quick answer

How did Bellman and True (1987) perform at the box office?

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Bellman and True (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $226.9K. In this database it currently ranks #12,003 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #195 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$226,944
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

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 12, 1987
Production
Handmade Films, Euston Films, Thames Television
Countries
GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyHandmade Films Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller Genre chartCrime

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Bellman and True is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Thriller title from Handmade Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $226,944. For comparison, it currently sits #12,003 all-time in the current chart set and #195 among 1987 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.