Cutthroat Island backdrop
Cutthroat Island poster
#6,319 All-time worldwide
#103 1995 releases

Movie profile

Cutthroat Island

1995 · 124 min · Carolco Pictures

Action Adventure
IMDb FilmDB Where to watch

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.0M
Budget $102.0M
Gross minus budget -$86.0M
ROI 0.16x

Domestic gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Cutthroat Island ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #6,319 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #103 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #13 Carolco Pictures of 20 titles Position inside the mapped Carolco Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,855 Action of 2,939 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.

#6,316 Across the Sea of Time 1995 · $16.0M #6,317 Hypnotic 2023 · $16.0M #6,318 Suffragette 2015 · $16.0M #6,345 Get Married If You Can 2014 · $16.0M #6,346 Before Sunset 2004 · $16.0M #6,347 Caveman 1981 · $16.0M

Quick answer

How did Cutthroat Island (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Cutthroat Island (1995) earned a reported $16.0M worldwide against a reported $102.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$86.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.16x. In this database it currently ranks #6,319 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #103 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,000,000
Budget
$102,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$86,000,000
ROI
0.16x
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

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 22, 1995
Production
Carolco Pictures, Forge, Laurence Mark Productions
Countries
US, FR, DE, IT

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyCarolco Pictures Release year chart1995 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure

JustWatch

Where to watch

Streaming availability loaded for the selected region.
View all options
Showing United States availability.

Stream

The CW Plex The Roku Channel Tubi TV Fawesome

Rent

Fandango At Home Apple TV Store Amazon Video YouTube Google Play Movies

Buy

Fandango At Home Apple TV Store Amazon Video YouTube Google Play Movies

Availability and provider links are powered by JustWatch where available. Provider availability can change by region and date.

AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Cutthroat Island is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure title from Carolco Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.0M, reported production budget is $102.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$86.0M, ROI is 0.16x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,319 all-time in the current chart set and #103 among 1995 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.