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#7,115 All-time worldwide
#70 1986 releases

Movie profile

No Mercy

1986 · 106 min · Tri Star Pictures

Action Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.3M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.7M
ROI 0.88x

Domestic gross

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where No Mercy 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 #7,115 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #70 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #53 Tri Star Pictures of 96 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,029 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.

#7,112 Club Paradise 1986 · $12.3M #7,113 Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose 1993 · $12.3M #7,114 A Stroke of Luck 2016 · $12.3M #7,116 Enemy Mine 1985 · $12.3M #7,116 Soul Men 2008 · $12.3M #7,116 My Life Without Me 2003 · $12.3M

Quick answer

How did No Mercy (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

No Mercy (1986) earned a reported $12.3M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.88x. In this database it currently ranks #7,115 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #70 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,303,904
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,696,096
ROI
0.88x
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

An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 19, 1986
Production
TriStar Pictures, Delphi IV Productions, Delphi V
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTri Star Pictures Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, No Mercy is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Thriller title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.3M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.7M, ROI is 0.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,115 all-time in the current chart set and #70 among 1986 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.