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#4,661 All-time worldwide
#71 1995 releases

Movie profile

Murder in the First

1995 · 122 min · Wolper Organization

Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.5M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $9.5M
ROI 1.48x

Domestic gross

$14.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Murder in the First 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 #4,661 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #71 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Primary genre #738 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.

#4,658 In the Valley of Elah 2007 · $29.5M #4,659 Legend No. 17 2013 · $29.5M #4,660 W. 2008 · $29.5M #4,662 Would I Lie to You? 1997 · $29.5M #4,663 Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 · $29.5M #4,664 Dark Figure of Crime 2018 · $29.4M

Quick answer

How did Murder in the First (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Murder in the First (1995) earned a reported $29.5M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.48x. In this database it currently ranks #4,661 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #71 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,500,000
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,500,000
ROI
1.48x
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, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 20, 1995
Production
Wolper Organization, Warner Bros. Pictures, Le Studio Canal+
Countries
FR, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWolper Organization Release year chart1995 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Murder in the First is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama title from Wolper Organization. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.5M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.5M, ROI is 1.48x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,661 all-time in the current chart set and #71 among 1995 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.