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#9,428 All-time worldwide
#104 1987 releases

Movie profile

Best Seller

1987 · 95 min · Orion Pictures

Action Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$385,034

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Best Seller 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 #9,428 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #104 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #61 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,499 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.

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Quick answer

How did Best Seller (1987) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Best Seller (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $4.3M. In this database it currently ranks #9,428 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #104 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,278,150
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

Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 25, 1987
Production
Orion Pictures, Hemdale
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyOrion Pictures Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Best Seller is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,428 all-time in the current chart set and #104 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.