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#7,965 All-time worldwide
#87 1987 releases

Movie profile

From the Hip

1987 · 111 min · Deg

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.5M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget $518,342
ROI 1.06x

Domestic gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$856,651

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where From the Hip 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 #7,965 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #87 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #5 Deg of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Deg movie set. Primary genre #3,106 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 From the Hip (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

From the Hip (1987) earned a reported $9.5M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $518.3K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.06x. In this database it currently ranks #7,965 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #87 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,518,342
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
$518,342
ROI
1.06x
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

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 6, 1987
Production
DEG
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDeg Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, From the Hip is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from DEG. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.5M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is $518,342, ROI is 1.06x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,965 all-time in the current chart set and #87 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.