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#8,229 All-time worldwide
#92 1988 releases

Movie profile

Clean and Sober

1988 · 124 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$780,668

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Clean and Sober 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 #8,229 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #92 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #184 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,471 Drama of 5,859 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 Clean and Sober (1988) perform at the box office?

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Clean and Sober (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.7M. In this database it currently ranks #8,229 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #92 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,674,093
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

Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 10, 1988
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Clean and Sober is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,229 all-time in the current chart set and #92 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.