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#9,229 All-time worldwide
#109 1989 releases

Movie profile

Let It Ride

1989 · 90 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.9M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget -$13.1M
ROI 0.27x

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$548,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Let It Ride 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 #9,229 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #109 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #349 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,590 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.

#9,225 The Magnificent Seven 1960 · $4.9M #9,227 A Dog's Will 2000 · $4.9M #9,228 A Great Awakening 2026 · $4.9M #9,238 The Seduction 1982 · $4.9M #9,239 Invaders from Mars 1986 · $4.9M #9,240 Absolutely Fabulous 2001 · $4.9M

Quick answer

How did Let It Ride (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Let It Ride (1989) earned a reported $4.9M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$13.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.27x. In this database it currently ranks #9,229 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #109 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,900,000
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$13,100,000
ROI
0.27x
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

An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 18, 1989
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Let It Ride is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.9M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$13.1M, ROI is 0.27x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,229 all-time in the current chart set and #109 among 1989 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.