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#11,993 All-time worldwide
#204 1994 releases

Movie profile

Fear of a Black Hat

1994 · 88 min · The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Comedy Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $233,824
Budget $1.0M
Gross minus budget -$766,176
ROI 0.23x

Domestic gross

$93,530

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$140,294

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$26,188

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fear of a Black Hat 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 #11,993 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #204 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #10 The Samuel Goldwyn Company of 10 titles Position inside the mapped The Samuel Goldwyn Company movie set. Primary genre #4,557 Comedy of 4,840 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 Fear of a Black Hat (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fear of a Black Hat (1994) earned a reported $233.8K worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$766.2K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.23x. In this database it currently ranks #11,993 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #204 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$233,824
Budget
$1,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$766,176
ROI
0.23x
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

Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 3, 1994
Production
The Samuel Goldwyn Company, ITC Entertainment
Countries
GB, US

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Studio / production companyThe Samuel Goldwyn Company Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartMusic

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, Fear of a Black Hat is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Music title from The Samuel Goldwyn Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $233,824, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$766,176, ROI is 0.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,993 all-time in the current chart set and #204 among 1994 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.