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#3,463 All-time worldwide
#34 1990 releases

Movie profile

Hard to Kill

1990 · 95 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Action Drama Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $47.4M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $37.4M
ROI 4.74x

Domestic gross

$23.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hard to Kill 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 #3,463 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #34 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Studio / company #111 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,193 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.

#3,460 Beauty and the Beast 2014 · $47.4M #3,461 The Magic Tuche 2018 · $47.4M #3,462 Nightcrawler 2014 · $47.4M #3,464 Crazy Heart 2009 · $47.4M #3,465 Almost Famous 2000 · $47.4M #3,466 Heartbreaker 2010 · $47.4M

Quick answer

How did Hard to Kill (1990) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hard to Kill (1990) earned a reported $47.4M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.74x. In this database it currently ranks #3,463 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #34 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$47,410,000
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$37,410,000
ROI
4.74x
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

Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his son, his best friend, his nurse - but most of all those who arranged for his death

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 9, 1990
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, Lee Rich Productions
Countries
US, ES

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1990 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, Hard to Kill is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, Crime title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $47.4M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $37.4M, ROI is 4.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,463 all-time in the current chart set and #34 among 1990 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.