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#6,621 All-time worldwide
#80 1991 releases

Movie profile

Flight of the Intruder

1991 · 115 min · Paramount Pictures

Action War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.6M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget -$20.4M
ROI 0.42x

Domestic gross

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Flight of the Intruder 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 #6,621 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #80 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #270 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,927 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.

#6,618 Beyond the Lights 2014 · $14.6M #6,619 Soldier 1998 · $14.6M #6,620 The Way Back 2020 · $14.6M #6,622 Hellraiser 1987 · $14.6M #6,623 Hollywood Ending 2002 · $14.6M #6,624 Iron Monkey 2 1996 · $14.6M

Quick answer

How did Flight of the Intruder (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Flight of the Intruder (1991) earned a reported $14.6M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$20.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.42x. In this database it currently ranks #6,621 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #80 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,587,732
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$20,412,268
ROI
0.42x
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

U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 18, 1991
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartWar

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Flight of the Intruder is positioned in this dataset as a Action, War title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.6M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$20.4M, ROI is 0.42x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,621 all-time in the current chart set and #80 among 1991 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.