#1,513 All-time worldwide

#14 1989 releases

Movie profile

Black Rain

Name: Black Rain
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller
Released: 1989-09-22
Duration: 125 min

1989 · 125 min · Pegasus Film Partners

Drama Action Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $134.2M

Budget $30.0M

Gross minus budget $104.2M

ROI 4.47x

Domestic gross

$67.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$67.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$12.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Black Rain ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,513 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 219 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Primary genre #437 Drama of 6,006 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.

#1,510 Inspector Gadget 1999 · $134.4M #1,511 Last Vegas 2013 · $134.4M #1,512 Shazam! Fury of the Gods 2023 · $134.2M #1,514 Scent of a Woman 1992 · $134.1M #1,515 Pokémon the Movie 2000 1999 · $133.9M #1,516 The Cat in the Hat 2003 · $133.8M

Quick answer

How did Black Rain (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Black Rain (1989) earned a reported $134.2M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $104.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.47x. In this database it currently ranks #1,513 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross: $134,212,055
Budget: $30,000,000
Gross minus budget: $104,212,055
ROI: 4.47x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Sep 22, 1989
Production: Pegasus Film Partners, Paramount Pictures, Jaffe-Lansing
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyPegasus Film Partners Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Black Rain is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Thriller title from Pegasus Film Partners. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $134.2M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $104.2M, ROI is 4.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,513 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1989 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.