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#6,229 All-time worldwide
#87 1992 releases

Movie profile

Deep Cover

1992 · 108 min · Image Organization

Action Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.6M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $8.6M
ROI 2.08x

Domestic gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Deep Cover 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 #6,229 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #87 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Primary genre #1,832 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.

#6,226 Everyone's Hero 2006 · $16.6M #6,227 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992 · $16.6M #6,228 Top Cat: The Movie 2011 · $16.6M #6,232 Heart and Souls 1993 · $16.6M #6,233 Shocker 1989 · $16.6M #6,234 Battle of the Year 2013 · $16.5M

Quick answer

How did Deep Cover (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Deep Cover (1992) earned a reported $16.6M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.08x. In this database it currently ranks #6,229 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #87 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,600,000
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$8,600,000
ROI
2.08x
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

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 15, 1992
Production
Image Organization, New Line Cinema
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyImage Organization Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Deep Cover is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Crime title from Image Organization. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.6M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $8.6M, ROI is 2.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,229 all-time in the current chart set and #87 among 1992 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.