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#11,899 All-time worldwide
#180 1989 releases

Movie profile

Continental

1989 · 96 min · Javier Villaverde Y Asociados

Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $288,486
Budget $2.6M
Gross minus budget -$2.3M
ROI 0.11x

Domestic gross

$115,394

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$173,092

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$32,310

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Continental ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #11,899 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #180 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Primary genre #1,804 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.

#11,896 Cold Feet 1989 · $290,000 #11,897 Lovelines 1984 · $289,814 #11,898 Plain Clothes 1988 · $289,323 #11,900 Matador 1986 · $286,126 #11,901 Cold Steel 1987 · $285,885 #11,902 Return of Bastard Swordsman 1984 · $285,437

Quick answer

How did Continental (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Continental (1989) earned a reported $288.5K worldwide against a reported $2.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.11x. In this database it currently ranks #11,899 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #180 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$288,486
Budget
$2,595,182
Gross minus budget
-$2,306,696
ROI
0.11x
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

At the end of the 50s, after assassinating the legendary capo Goncalves and dividing their domains, Ventura and Otálora, rival and old friends, fight with their bands for the control of prostitution and contraband. Anabel, Ventura's favorite prostitute and her young lover, will live their passion among the violence that surrounds the port city.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 24, 1989
Production
Javier Villaverde y Asociados
Countries
ES

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyJavier Villaverde Y Asociados Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Continental is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller title from Javier Villaverde y Asociados. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $288,486, reported production budget is $2.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.3M, ROI is 0.11x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,899 all-time in the current chart set and #180 among 1989 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.