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#10,542 All-time worldwide
#149 1988 releases

Movie profile

I Love Maria

1988 · 100 min · Box Office Data

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$763,848

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$213,877

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where I Love Maria 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 #10,542 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #149 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#10,539 Strange Brew 1983 · $1.9M #10,540 State of Grace 1990 · $1.9M #10,541 The Adventurers 1995 · $1.9M #10,543 Fist of Legend 1994 · $1.9M #10,544 A Woman's Face 1941 · $1.9M #10,545 A Year-End Medley 2021 · $1.9M

Quick answer

How did I Love Maria (1988) perform at the box office?

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I Love Maria (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.9M. In this database it currently ranks #10,542 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #149 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,909,620
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A gang of criminals terrorizes Hong Kong with two killer robots, one of which is modelled on the gang's female thug, Maria. When the robot gets damaged during a mission, an inventor working for the police captures and reprograms her to develop an independent personality.

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, I Love Maria is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,542 all-time in the current chart set and #149 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.