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#11,153 All-time worldwide
#128 1984 releases

Movie profile

Mike's Murder

1984 · 109 min · The Ladd Company

Drama Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.1M
Budget $6.3M
Gross minus budget -$5.2M
ROI 0.17x

Domestic gross

$529,983

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$529,983

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$95,397

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mike's Murder 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 #11,153 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #128 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #12 The Ladd Company of 14 titles Position inside the mapped The Ladd Company movie set. Primary genre #4,932 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 Mike's Murder (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mike's Murder (1984) earned a reported $1.1M worldwide against a reported $6.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.17x. In this database it currently ranks #11,153 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #128 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,059,966
Budget
$6,300,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,240,034
ROI
0.17x
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

Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 9, 1984
Production
The Ladd Company, Skyewiay
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyThe Ladd Company Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Mike's Murder is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Mystery, Thriller title from The Ladd Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.1M, reported production budget is $6.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.2M, ROI is 0.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,153 all-time in the current chart set and #128 among 1984 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.