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#9,165 All-time worldwide
#121 1990 releases

Movie profile

Nikita

1990 · 117 min · Gaumont

Action Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.0M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget -$981,396
ROI 0.84x

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$562,084

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Nikita 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 #9,165 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #121 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Studio / company #27 Gaumont of 34 titles Position inside the mapped Gaumont movie set. Primary genre #2,456 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.

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Quick answer

How did Nikita (1990) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Nikita (1990) earned a reported $5.0M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$981.4K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.84x. In this database it currently ranks #9,165 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #121 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,018,604
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$981,396
ROI
0.84x
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 beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 21, 1990
Production
Gaumont, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Les Films du Loup
Countries
FR, IT

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyGaumont Release year chart1990 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, Nikita is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller title from Gaumont. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.0M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$981,396, ROI is 0.84x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,165 all-time in the current chart set and #121 among 1990 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.