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#8,397 All-time worldwide
#99 1988 releases

Movie profile

Dead Ringers

1988 · 115 min · Mantle Clinic Ii

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.0M
Budget $13.0M
Gross minus budget -$5.0M
ROI 0.62x

Domestic gross

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dead Ringers ranks

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Quick answer

How did Dead Ringers (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dead Ringers (1988) earned a reported $8.0M worldwide against a reported $13.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.62x. In this database it currently ranks #8,397 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #99 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,038,508
Budget
$13,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,961,492
ROI
0.62x
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

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 23, 1988
Production
Mantle Clinic II, Téléfilm Canada, Morgan Creek Entertainment
Countries
CA, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Dead Ringers is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Horror title from Mantle Clinic II. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.0M, reported production budget is $13.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.0M, ROI is 0.62x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,397 all-time in the current chart set and #99 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.