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#6,152 All-time worldwide
#60 1985 releases

Movie profile

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985 · 120 min · Hb Filmes

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.0M
Budget $1.3M
Gross minus budget $15.8M
ROI 13.60x

Domestic gross

$8.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kiss of the Spider Woman 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 #6,152 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #60 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Primary genre #2,507 Drama of 5,859 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 Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) earned a reported $17.0M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 13.60x. In this database it currently ranks #6,152 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #60 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,000,000
Budget
$1,250,000
Gross minus budget
$15,750,000
ROI
13.60x
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

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 26, 1985
Production
HB Filmes, Island Pictures
Countries
BR, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyHb Filmes Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Kiss of the Spider Woman is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from HB Filmes. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.0M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $15.8M, ROI is 13.60x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,152 all-time in the current chart set and #60 among 1985 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.