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#5,006 All-time worldwide
#77 1995 releases

Movie profile

Desperado

1995 · 104 min · Columbia Pictures

Thriller Action Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.4M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $18.4M
ROI 3.63x

Domestic gross

$10.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Desperado 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 #5,006 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #77 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #173 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 Mexico of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,187 Thriller of 2,567 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 Desperado (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Desperado (1995) earned a reported $25.4M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $18.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.63x. In this database it currently ranks #5,006 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #77 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,405,445
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$18,405,445
ROI
3.63x
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

El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 25, 1995
Production
Columbia Pictures, Los Hooligans Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures FranchiseMexico Release year chart1995 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Desperado is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Action, Crime title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.4M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $18.4M, ROI is 3.63x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,006 all-time in the current chart set and #77 among 1995 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.