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#10,674 All-time worldwide
#161 1992 releases

Movie profile

Out on a Limb

1992 · 82 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.7M
Budget $11.0M
Gross minus budget -$9.3M
ROI 0.15x

Domestic gross

$680,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$190,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Out on a Limb 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 #10,674 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #161 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #351 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,114 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#10,671 A Home of Our Own 1993 · $1.7M #10,672 ¡Sufre, mamón! 1987 · $1.7M #10,673 Death Wish V: The Face of Death 1994 · $1.7M #10,691 The Guardian 2021 · $1.7M #10,692 City War 1988 · $1.7M #10,693 Body Rock 1984 · $1.7M

Quick answer

How did Out on a Limb (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Out on a Limb (1992) earned a reported $1.7M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$9.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.15x. In this database it currently ranks #10,674 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #161 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,700,000
Budget
$11,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$9,300,000
ROI
0.15x
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

While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including his clothes and a business document worth millions of dollars. Bill eventually reunites with Marci, who is in a tizzy because she thinks their stepfather has been killed. While trying to determine if his sister is right, Bill must also get back his valuable paperwork.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 4, 1992
Production
Universal Pictures

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Out on a Limb is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.7M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$9.3M, ROI is 0.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,674 all-time in the current chart set and #161 among 1992 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.