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#9,304 All-time worldwide
#118 1986 releases

Movie profile

No Retreat, No Surrender

1986 · 94 min · New World Pictures

Action Comedy Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$419,592

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where No Retreat, No Surrender 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 #9,304 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #118 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #13 New World Pictures of 27 titles Position inside the mapped New World Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 No Retreat, No Surrender of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,478 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 No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) perform at the box office?

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No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $4.7M. In this database it currently ranks #9,304 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #118 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,662,137
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

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 2, 1986
Production
New World Pictures, Seasonal Film Corporation
Countries
HK, US

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Studio / production companyNew World Pictures FranchiseNo Retreat, No Surrender Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, No Retreat, No Surrender is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Crime title from New World Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,304 all-time in the current chart set and #118 among 1986 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.