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#5,375 All-time worldwide
#53 1989 releases

Movie profile

Lock Up

1989 · 109 min · Carolco Pictures

Action Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.1M
Budget $24.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.9M
ROI 0.92x

Domestic gross

$11.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lock Up 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 #5,375 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #53 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #12 Carolco Pictures of 20 titles Position inside the mapped Carolco Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,636 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.

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Quick answer

How did Lock Up (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lock Up (1989) earned a reported $22.1M worldwide against a reported $24.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.92x. In this database it currently ranks #5,375 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #53 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,099,847
Budget
$24,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,900,153
ROI
0.92x
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

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 4, 1989
Production
Carolco Pictures, White Eagle, Gordon Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCarolco Pictures Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Lock Up is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from Carolco Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.1M, reported production budget is $24.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.9M, ROI is 0.92x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,375 all-time in the current chart set and #53 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.