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#11,603 All-time worldwide
#186 1988 releases

Movie profile

Carry On Dancing

1988 · 86 min · D & B Films

Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $532,109
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$212,844

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$319,265

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$59,596

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Carry On Dancing 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 #11,603 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #186 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #7 D & B Films of 8 titles Position inside the mapped D & B Films movie set. Primary genre #4,414 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#11,600 Boys Life 2 1997 · $532,654 #11,601 Hangin' with the Homeboys 1991 · $532,346 #11,602 A Haunted House 1975 · $532,341 #11,604 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 1995 · $529,766 #11,605 Earth 1998 · $528,972 #11,606 Contempt 1963 · $528,428

Quick answer

How did Carry On Dancing (1988) perform at the box office?

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Carry On Dancing (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $532.1K. In this database it currently ranks #11,603 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #186 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$532,109
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

Cheung Sheung and Tze Ngor are twin sisters. Tze Ngor is a lunatic and stays in a mental hospital. But out of a madcap incident, Cheung Sheung is "cheated" into the hospital, exchanging identity with her insane sister. The mad house is lived by all kinds of weirdos. The "game" is that Cheung Sheung will stay in the hospital only for a while. But strangely enough, she gradually becomes more and more ease with the way of life in the hospital until one day, she's forgotten what life is like...

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 7, 1988
Production
D & B Films
Countries
HK

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyD & B Films Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Carry On Dancing is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from D & B Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $532,109. For comparison, it currently sits #11,603 all-time in the current chart set and #186 among 1988 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.