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#4,402 All-time worldwide
#37 1986 releases

Movie profile

Nothing in Common

1986 · 118 min · Tri Star Pictures

Drama Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $32.3M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $20.3M
ROI 2.69x

Domestic gross

$16.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Nothing in Common 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 #4,402 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #37 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #34 Tri Star Pictures of 96 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,665 Drama of 5,859 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 Nothing in Common (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Nothing in Common (1986) earned a reported $32.3M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $20.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.69x. In this database it currently ranks #4,402 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #37 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$32,324,557
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$20,324,557
ROI
2.69x
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 successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 29, 1986
Production
TriStar Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTri Star Pictures Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Nothing in Common is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy, Romance title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $32.3M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $20.3M, ROI is 2.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,402 all-time in the current chart set and #37 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.