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#5,290 All-time worldwide
#46 1986 releases

Movie profile

Crimes of the Heart

1986 · 105 min · Deg

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.9M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $2.9M
ROI 1.15x

Domestic gross

$11.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Crimes of the Heart 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 #5,290 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #46 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #2 Deg of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Deg movie set. Primary genre #2,076 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.

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Quick answer

How did Crimes of the Heart (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Crimes of the Heart (1986) earned a reported $22.9M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.15x. In this database it currently ranks #5,290 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #46 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,905,522
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,905,522
ROI
1.15x
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

Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 12, 1986
Production
DEG, Freddie Fields Productions, Burt Sugarman Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDeg Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Crimes of the Heart is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from DEG. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.9M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.9M, ROI is 1.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,290 all-time in the current chart set and #46 among 1986 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.