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#8,630 All-time worldwide
#89 1986 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.2M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.8M
ROI 0.72x

Domestic gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$652,228

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Quicksilver ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Quicksilver (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Quicksilver (1986) earned a reported $7.2M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.72x. In this database it currently ranks #8,630 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #89 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,246,979
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,753,021
ROI
0.72x
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

Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 14, 1986
Production
Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Quicksilver is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Drama title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.2M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.8M, ROI is 0.72x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,630 all-time in the current chart set and #89 among 1986 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.