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#10,191 All-time worldwide
#138 1990 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.5M
Budget $5.2M
Gross minus budget -$2.7M
ROI 0.47x

Domestic gross

$983,958

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$275,508

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Class of 1999 ranks

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Quick answer

How did Class of 1999 (1990) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Class of 1999 (1990) earned a reported $2.5M worldwide against a reported $5.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.47x. In this database it currently ranks #10,191 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #138 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,459,895
Budget
$5,200,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,740,105
ROI
0.47x
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

The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 1, 1990
Production
Lightning Pictures, Original Pictures, Vestron Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, Class of 1999 is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Action title from Lightning Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.5M, reported production budget is $5.2M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.7M, ROI is 0.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,191 all-time in the current chart set and #138 among 1990 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.