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#12,022 All-time worldwide
#222 1996 releases

Movie profile

Killer Tongue

1996 · 98 min · Spice Factory

Comedy Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $219,449
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.8M
ROI 0.05x

Domestic gross

$105,336

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$114,113

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$45,294

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Killer Tongue 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 #12,022 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #222 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Primary genre #4,563 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.

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Quick answer

How did Killer Tongue (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Killer Tongue (1996) earned a reported $219.4K worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.05x. In this database it currently ranks #12,022 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #222 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$219,449
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,780,551
ROI
0.05x
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

A bank robber seeks refuge in a desert gas station run by nuns, awaiting her boyfriend's release. An alien meteorite transforms her into a flesh-craving monster with a monstrous tongue, while her poodles become drag queens.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 15, 1996
Production
Spice Factory, Lolafilms, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company
Countries
ES, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySpice Factory Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Killer Tongue is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction title from Spice Factory. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $219,449, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.8M, ROI is 0.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,022 all-time in the current chart set and #222 among 1996 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.