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#5,141 All-time worldwide
#44 1986 releases

Movie profile

Iron Eagle

1986 · 117 min · Tri Star Pictures

Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $24.2M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget $6.2M
ROI 1.34x

Domestic gross

$9.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Iron Eagle 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 #5,141 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #44 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #38 Tri Star Pictures of 96 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,589 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.

#5,138 Hearts in Atlantis 2001 · $24.2M #5,139 The Railway Man 2013 · $24.2M #5,140 The Way Back 2010 · $24.2M #5,142 Let Me In 2010 · $24.1M #5,143 The Guru 2002 · $24.1M #5,144 The Founder 2016 · $24.1M

Quick answer

How did Iron Eagle (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Iron Eagle (1986) earned a reported $24.2M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.34x. In this database it currently ranks #5,141 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #44 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$24,159,872
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
$6,159,872
ROI
1.34x
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

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 17, 1986
Production
TriStar Pictures, Delphi Films, Falcon's Flight
Countries
CA, IL, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Iron Eagle is positioned in this dataset as a Action title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $24.2M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is $6.2M, ROI is 1.34x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,141 all-time in the current chart set and #44 among 1986 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.