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#10,504 All-time worldwide
#139 1987 releases

Movie profile

Date with an Angel

1987 · 105 min · Deg

Comedy Fantasy Romance Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.0M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.0M
ROI 0.25x

Domestic gross

$795,585

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$222,764

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Date with an Angel 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 #10,504 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #139 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #13 Deg of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Deg movie set. Primary genre #4,051 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.

#10,501 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,502 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M #10,503 Just Between Friends 1986 · $2.0M #10,505 Boat People 1982 · $2.0M #10,506 Surviving Picasso 1996 · $2.0M #10,507 Cop 1988 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did Date with an Angel (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Date with an Angel (1987) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.25x. In this database it currently ranks #10,504 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #139 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,988,962
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,011,038
ROI
0.25x
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

Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 20, 1987
Production
DEG
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDeg Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFantasy Genre chartRomance Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Date with an Angel is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Fantasy, Romance title from DEG. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.0M, ROI is 0.25x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,504 all-time in the current chart set and #139 among 1987 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.