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#10,674 All-time worldwide
#144 1989 releases

Movie profile

Best of the Best

1989 · 97 min · The Movie Group

Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.7M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.3M
ROI 0.34x

Domestic gross

$850,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$850,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$153,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Best of the Best 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 #10,674 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #144 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Franchise #2 Best Of The Best of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,698 Action of 2,939 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.

#10,671 A Home of Our Own 1993 · $1.7M #10,672 ¡Sufre, mamón! 1987 · $1.7M #10,673 Death Wish V: The Face of Death 1994 · $1.7M #10,691 The Guardian 2021 · $1.7M #10,692 City War 1988 · $1.7M #10,693 Body Rock 1984 · $1.7M

Quick answer

How did Best of the Best (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Best of the Best (1989) earned a reported $1.7M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.34x. In this database it currently ranks #10,674 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #144 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,700,000
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,300,000
ROI
0.34x
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

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 10, 1989
Production
The Movie Group, SVS Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Movie Group FranchiseBest Of The Best Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Best of the Best is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama title from The Movie Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.7M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.3M, ROI is 0.34x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,674 all-time in the current chart set and #144 among 1989 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.