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#11,042 All-time worldwide
#193 1993 releases

Movie profile

Excessive Force

1993 · 87 min · New Line Cinema

Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.8M
ROI 0.40x

Domestic gross

$480,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$720,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$134,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Excessive Force 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 #11,042 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #193 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #169 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #2,745 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.

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Quick answer

How did Excessive Force (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Excessive Force (1993) earned a reported $1.2M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.40x. In this database it currently ranks #11,042 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #193 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,800,000
ROI
0.40x
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

Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 14, 1993
Production
New Line Cinema, Ian Page Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Excessive Force is positioned in this dataset as a Action title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.8M, ROI is 0.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,042 all-time in the current chart set and #193 among 1993 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.