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#9,914 All-time worldwide
#164 1996 releases

Movie profile

Original Gangstas

1996 · 99 min · Po' Boy Productions

Action Drama Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.0M
Budget $4.8M
Gross minus budget -$1.8M
ROI 0.63x

Domestic gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$271,260

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Original Gangstas 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 #9,914 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #164 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Primary genre #2,581 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 Original Gangstas (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Original Gangstas (1996) earned a reported $3.0M worldwide against a reported $4.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.63x. In this database it currently ranks #9,914 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #164 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,014,000
Budget
$4,800,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,786,000
ROI
0.63x
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 Rebels rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. They shoot storekeeper Marvin Bookman for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin’s son, former NFL star and Rebel founder John returns to be with his father and, with a little help from some friends, to destroy the gang his way.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 10, 1996
Production
Po' Boy Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyPo' Boy Productions Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Original Gangstas is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, Crime title from Po' Boy Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.0M, reported production budget is $4.8M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.8M, ROI is 0.63x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,914 all-time in the current chart set and #164 among 1996 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.