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#4,790 All-time worldwide
#63 1993 releases

Movie profile

Menace II Society

1993 · 97 min · New Line Cinema

Drama Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.9M
Budget $3.5M
Gross minus budget $24.4M
ROI 7.97x

Domestic gross

$14.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Menace II Society 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 #4,790 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #63 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #103 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #1,839 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.

#4,787 The Little Vampire 2000 · $28.0M #4,788 Jab Tak Hai Jaan 2012 · $27.9M #4,789 The Divine Move 2014 · $27.9M #4,792 Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005 · $27.9M #4,793 The Beguiled 2017 · $27.9M #4,794 Dark Skies 2013 · $27.9M

Quick answer

How did Menace II Society (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Menace II Society (1993) earned a reported $27.9M worldwide against a reported $3.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $24.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.97x. In this database it currently ranks #4,790 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #63 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,900,000
Budget
$3,500,000
Gross minus budget
$24,400,000
ROI
7.97x
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 young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 26, 1993
Production
New Line Cinema
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Menace II Society is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Crime, Thriller title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.9M, reported production budget is $3.5M, gross-minus-budget is $24.4M, ROI is 7.97x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,790 all-time in the current chart set and #63 among 1993 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.