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#12,387 All-time worldwide
#213 1991 releases

Movie profile

Medium Rare

1991 · 141 min · Derrol Stepenny Productions

Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $80,000
Budget $900,000
Gross minus budget -$820,000
ROI 0.09x

Domestic gross

$32,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$48,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8,960

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Medium Rare 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 #12,387 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #213 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Primary genre #1,873 Crime of 1,921 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.

#12,384 The Bengali Night 1988 · $80,912 #12,385 Slappy and the Stinkers 1998 · $80,837 #12,386 Hit! 1973 · $80,103 #12,390 Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks 1974 · $79,201 #12,391 The Fool 1990 · $79,139 #12,392 Mohamad Ali's Street 1991 · $79,000

Quick answer

How did Medium Rare (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Medium Rare (1991) earned a reported $80.0K worldwide against a reported $900.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$820.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.09x. In this database it currently ranks #12,387 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #213 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$80,000
Budget
$900,000
Gross minus budget
-$820,000
ROI
0.09x
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

Singapore's first full-length English language film, released in local cinemas in November 1991. Loosely based on the Adrian Lim ritual murders in the early 1980s, the film was shot and produced in Singapore. It was the debut filmmaking effort for its executive producer, Errol Pang, and it has been credited with reawakening Singapore's local film scene. In the movie's ending, the main character based on Adrian Lim escapes from prison and runs into an incoming truck, where Satan catches him and subjects him to eternal torture – this was said to be added to suggest to the audience that crime does not pay.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 28, 1991
Production
Derrol Stepenny Productions
Countries
SG

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDerrol Stepenny Productions Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Medium Rare is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller title from Derrol Stepenny Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $80,000, reported production budget is $900,000, gross-minus-budget is -$820,000, ROI is 0.09x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,387 all-time in the current chart set and #213 among 1991 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.