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#10,443 All-time worldwide
#137 1987 releases

Movie profile

Mirage

1987 · 94 min · China Film Co Production

Action Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$800,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$224,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mirage 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 #10,443 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #137 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #6 China Film Co Production of 6 titles Position inside the mapped China Film Co Production movie set. Primary genre #2,666 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.

#10,440 The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · $2.0M #10,441 Betty Blue 1986 · $2.0M #10,442 Nemesis 1992 · $2.0M #10,500 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 · $2.0M #10,501 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,502 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did Mirage (1987) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Mirage (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $2.0M. In this database it currently ranks #10,443 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #137 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Photographer and adventurer Tong (Yu Rong-Guang) spots a mirage of a beautiful woman while on a mission and is obsessed by the beauty of her. Heading into Mongolia with best friend (Tsui Siu-Ming), the discovery of the woman and her true nature is anything but beautiful however as she's the leader of a gang of desert bandits.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 23, 1987
Production
China Film Co-Production, Golden Principal Organisation Ltd
Countries
CN, HK

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyChina Film Co Production Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Mirage is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure title from China Film Co-Production. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,443 all-time in the current chart set and #137 among 1987 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.