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#8,631 All-time worldwide
#103 1988 releases

Movie profile

Off Limits

1988 · 102 min · American Entertainment Partners L.p.

Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.2M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.8M
ROI 0.60x

Domestic gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$651,783

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Off Limits 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 #8,631 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #103 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #3 American Entertainment Partners L.p. of 3 titles Position inside the mapped American Entertainment Partners L.p. movie set. Primary genre #2,345 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.

#8,628 Never on the First Night 2014 · $7.3M #8,629 Mangal Pandey - The Rising 2005 · $7.3M #8,630 Quicksilver 1986 · $7.2M #8,632 The Missionary 1982 · $7.2M #8,633 B.A.P.S 1997 · $7.2M #8,634 Johnny Handsome 1989 · $7.2M

Quick answer

How did Off Limits (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Off Limits (1988) earned a reported $7.2M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.60x. In this database it currently ranks #8,631 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #103 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,242,035
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,757,965
ROI
0.60x
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

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 11, 1988
Production
American Entertainment Partners L.P., 20th Century Fox, Amercent Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyAmerican Entertainment Partners L.p. Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Off Limits is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from American Entertainment Partners L.P. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.2M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.8M, ROI is 0.60x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,631 all-time in the current chart set and #103 among 1988 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.