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#9,341 All-time worldwide
#149 1993 releases

Movie profile

Bound by Honor

1993 · 190 min · Hollywood Pictures

Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.5M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget -$30.5M
ROI 0.13x

Domestic gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$405,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bound by Honor 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 #9,341 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #149 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #27 Hollywood Pictures of 34 titles Position inside the mapped Hollywood Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,445 Crime of 1,921 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 Bound by Honor (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bound by Honor (1993) earned a reported $4.5M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$30.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.13x. In this database it currently ranks #9,341 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #149 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,500,000
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$30,500,000
ROI
0.13x
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

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 5, 1993
Production
Hollywood Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Bound by Honor is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Hollywood Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.5M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$30.5M, ROI is 0.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,341 all-time in the current chart set and #149 among 1993 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.