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#12,139 All-time worldwide
#163 1985 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $150,000
Budget
Gross minus budget
ROI

Domestic gross

$60,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$90,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$16,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Modern Detective ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Modern Detective (1985) perform at the box office?

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Modern Detective (1985) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $150.0K. In this database it currently ranks #12,139 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #163 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$150,000
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

Ah Chaan and Fat Chug were good partners in the Police Force. Both of them had helped in solving many criminal and civil cases despite their silly behaviour. In order to persuade Ah Fong to marry him, he provide a living space for Ah Fong's aunt and her daughter named Ah Jane. Ah Chaan was attracted by Jane’s charm and lovely personality and tried everything to please her. A dominant criminal had made a plot were chased by the police. Joe, who was the criminal's assistant catch Jane and Fong and threatened that she would not release Ah Jane and Fong if both Ah Chaan and Fat Chug did not get the ransom for them. The gangster put on them a remote time bomb and a microphone to have a better control on them...

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 22, 1985
Production
Lo Wei Motion Picture Company
Countries
HK

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Modern Detective is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Thriller title from Lo Wei Motion Picture Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $150,000. For comparison, it currently sits #12,139 all-time in the current chart set and #163 among 1985 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.