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#6,982 All-time worldwide
#66 1986 releases

Movie profile

Highlander

1986 · 116 min · Davis Panzer Productions

Adventure Action Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.9M
Budget $19.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.1M
ROI 0.68x

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Highlander 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 #6,982 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #66 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #3 Davis Panzer Productions of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Davis Panzer Productions movie set. Franchise #4 Highlander of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,505 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#6,979 Fire 2020 · $12.9M #6,980 Niko: Beyond the Northern Lights 2024 · $12.9M #6,981 Living Out Loud 1998 · $12.9M #6,984 Sonnenallee 1999 · $12.9M #6,985 A Far Off Place 1993 · $12.9M #6,986 The Flying Ship 2024 · $12.9M

Quick answer

How did Highlander (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Highlander (1986) earned a reported $12.9M worldwide against a reported $19.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.68x. In this database it currently ranks #6,982 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #66 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,900,000
Budget
$19,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,100,000
ROI
0.68x
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

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 7, 1986
Production
Davis-Panzer Productions, Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, Highlander Productions
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDavis Panzer Productions FranchiseHighlander Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAction Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Highlander is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Action, Fantasy title from Davis-Panzer Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.9M, reported production budget is $19.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.1M, ROI is 0.68x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,982 all-time in the current chart set and #66 among 1986 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.