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#12,570 All-time worldwide
#219 1987 releases

Movie profile

End of the Line

1987 · 103 min · Sundance Institute

Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25,000
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.0M
ROI 0.01x

Domestic gross

$12,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2,250

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where End of the Line 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 #12,570 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #219 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Primary genre #2,911 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.

#12,567 Kickboxer's Tears 1992 · $25,984 #12,568 The Thundering Mantis 1980 · $25,309 #12,569 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 · $25,066 #12,572 Vivre Sa Vie 1962 · $24,517 #12,573 Andrei Rublev 1966 · $24,173 #12,574 Expendable Assets 1996 · $24,000

Quick answer

How did End of the Line (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

End of the Line (1987) earned a reported $25.0K worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.01x. In this database it currently ranks #12,570 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #219 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,975,000
ROI
0.01x
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

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 28, 1987
Production
Sundance Institute

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Studio / production companySundance Institute Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, End of the Line is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama title from Sundance Institute. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25,000, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.0M, ROI is 0.01x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,570 all-time in the current chart set and #219 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.