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#9,799 All-time worldwide
#159 1993 releases

Movie profile

Only the Strong

1993 · 99 min · Freestone Pictures

Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.3M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.7M
ROI 0.55x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$295,503

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Only the Strong 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 #9,799 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #159 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Primary genre #2,565 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 Only the Strong (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Only the Strong (1993) earned a reported $3.3M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.55x. In this database it currently ranks #9,799 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #159 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,283,371
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,716,629
ROI
0.55x
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

Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 27, 1993
Production
Freestone Pictures, Davis Films, August Entertainment
Countries
US, FR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyFreestone Pictures Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Only the Strong is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama title from Freestone Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.3M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.7M, ROI is 0.55x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,799 all-time in the current chart set and #159 among 1993 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.