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#4,890 All-time worldwide
#50 1989 releases

Movie profile

Glory

1989 · 122 min · Freddie Fields Productions

Drama History War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $26.8M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget $8.8M
ROI 1.49x

Domestic gross

$13.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Glory 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 #4,890 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #50 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Primary genre #1,891 Drama of 5,859 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 Glory (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Glory (1989) earned a reported $26.8M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.49x. In this database it currently ranks #4,890 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #50 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$26,800,000
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
$8,800,000
ROI
1.49x
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

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 15, 1989
Production
Freddie Fields Productions, TriStar Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Glory is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History, War title from Freddie Fields Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $26.8M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is $8.8M, ROI is 1.49x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,890 all-time in the current chart set and #50 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.