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#5,713 All-time worldwide
#81 1993 releases

Movie profile

Fire in the Sky

1993 · 109 min · Paramount Pictures

Science Fiction Mystery Thriller Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.9M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $4.9M
ROI 1.33x

Domestic gross

$9.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fire in the Sky 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 #5,713 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #81 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #246 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #716 Science Fiction of 1,234 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.

#5,710 Get Over It 2001 · $19.9M #5,711 Hard Rain 1998 · $19.9M #5,712 Jane Austen's Mafia! 1998 · $19.9M #5,714 Volunteers 1985 · $19.9M #5,715 The Apostle 1997 · $19.9M #5,716 Altered States 1980 · $19.9M

Quick answer

How did Fire in the Sky (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fire in the Sky (1993) earned a reported $19.9M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.33x. In this database it currently ranks #5,713 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #81 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,885,552
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,885,552
ROI
1.33x
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

After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes their story and his disappearance is treated as murder.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 12, 1993
Production
Paramount Pictures, Joe Wizan/Todd Black
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Fire in the Sky is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.9M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.9M, ROI is 1.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,713 all-time in the current chart set and #81 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.