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#9,677 All-time worldwide
#121 1989 releases

Movie profile

Old Gringo

1989 · 120 min · Fonda Films

Action Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.6M
Budget $26.0M
Gross minus budget -$22.4M
ROI 0.14x

Domestic gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$321,683

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Old Gringo 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 #9,677 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #121 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Primary genre #2,542 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.

#9,674 Dead Heat 1988 · $3.6M #9,675 School of Thieves 1986 · $3.6M #9,676 Tougher Than Leather 1988 · $3.6M #9,678 Major League: Back to the Minors 1998 · $3.6M #9,679 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 1988 · $3.6M #9,680 Tiger on the Beat 1988 · $3.6M

Quick answer

How did Old Gringo (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Old Gringo (1989) earned a reported $3.6M worldwide against a reported $26.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$22.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.14x. In this database it currently ranks #9,677 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #121 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,574,256
Budget
$26,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$22,425,744
ROI
0.14x
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 writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 13, 1989
Production
Fonda Films, Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Old Gringo is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, Romance title from Fonda Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.6M, reported production budget is $26.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$22.4M, ROI is 0.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,677 all-time in the current chart set and #121 among 1989 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.