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#8,856 All-time worldwide
#107 1988 releases

Movie profile

Hot to Trot

1988 · 88 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.4M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.6M
ROI 0.72x

Domestic gross

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$720,856

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hot to Trot 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 #8,856 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #107 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #194 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,456 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#8,853 The Last Unicorn 1982 · $6.5M #8,854 Gods and Monsters 1998 · $6.5M #8,855 Lassie 2005 · $6.4M #8,857 Dream Horse 2021 · $6.4M #8,858 Against the Ropes 2004 · $6.4M #8,859 The Straight Story 1999 · $6.4M

Quick answer

How did Hot to Trot (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hot to Trot (1988) earned a reported $6.4M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.72x. In this database it currently ranks #8,856 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #107 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,436,211
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,563,789
ROI
0.72x
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

Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 26, 1988
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Steve Tisch Company
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Hot to Trot is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.4M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.6M, ROI is 0.72x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,856 all-time in the current chart set and #107 among 1988 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.