#1,627 All-time worldwide

#6 1987 releases

Movie profile

Good Morning, Vietnam

Name: Good Morning, Vietnam
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Released: 1987-12-23
Duration: 121 min

1987 · 121 min · Touchstone Pictures

Comedy Drama War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $123.9M

Budget $13.0M

Gross minus budget $110.9M

ROI 9.53x

Domestic gross

$62.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$62.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Good Morning, Vietnam ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,627 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #23 Touchstone Pictures of 114 titles Position inside the mapped Touchstone Pictures movie set. Primary genre #589 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#1,624 WarGames 1983 · $124.6M #1,625 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 · $124.3M #1,626 Smurfs 2025 · $124.2M #1,628 The Time Machine 2002 · $123.7M #1,629 The Theory of Everything 2014 · $123.7M #1,630 The Queen 2006 · $123.4M

Quick answer

How did Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) earned a reported $123.9M worldwide against a reported $13.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $110.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.53x. In this database it currently ranks #1,627 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross: $123,922,370
Budget: $13,000,000
Gross minus budget: $110,922,370
ROI: 9.53x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 23, 1987
Production: Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Good Morning, Vietnam is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, War title from Touchstone Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $123.9M, reported production budget is $13.0M, gross-minus-budget is $110.9M, ROI is 9.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,627 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1987 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.