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#12,570 All-time worldwide
#206 1989 releases

Movie profile

Ghosts Can't Do It

1989 · 95 min · Triumph Films

Fantasy Action Comedy Science Fiction Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25,000
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$10,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ghosts Can't Do It 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 #12,570 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #206 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #3 Triumph Films of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Triumph Films movie set. Primary genre #1,274 Fantasy of 1,285 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.

#12,567 Kickboxer's Tears 1992 · $25,984 #12,568 The Thundering Mantis 1980 · $25,309 #12,569 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 · $25,066 #12,572 Vivre Sa Vie 1962 · $24,517 #12,573 Andrei Rublev 1966 · $24,173 #12,574 Expendable Assets 1996 · $24,000

Quick answer

How did Ghosts Can't Do It (1989) perform at the box office?

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Ghosts Can't Do It (1989) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $25.0K. In this database it currently ranks #12,570 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #206 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Kate to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 17, 1989
Production
Triumph Films, Epic Productions, Sarliu/Diamant
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyTriumph Films Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Ghosts Can't Do It is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Action, Comedy title from Triumph Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25,000. For comparison, it currently sits #12,570 all-time in the current chart set and #206 among 1989 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.