#605 All-time worldwide

#3 1985 releases

Movie profile

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Name: Rambo: First Blood Part II
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Released: 1985-05-21
Duration: 96 min

1985 · 96 min · Carolco Pictures

Action Adventure Thriller War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $300.4M

Budget $44.0M

Gross minus budget $256.4M

ROI 6.83x

Domestic gross

$120.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$180.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$33.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rambo: First Blood Part II ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #605 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #3 Release-year chart position of 185 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #3 Carolco Pictures of 20 titles Position inside the mapped Carolco Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Rambo of 5 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #297 Action of 2,974 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.

#602 Hook 1991 · $300.9M #603 Superman 1978 · $300.5M #604 Rocky IV 1985 · $300.5M #606 Van Helsing 2004 · $300.3M #607 Resident Evil: Afterlife 2010 · $300.2M #608 Stuart Little 1999 · $300.1M

Quick answer

How did Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) earned a reported $300.4M worldwide against a reported $44.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $256.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.83x. In this database it currently ranks #605 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #3 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross: $300,400,432
Budget: $44,000,000
Gross minus budget: $256,400,432
ROI: 6.83x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 21, 1985
Production: Carolco Pictures, Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Anabasis
Countries: US, MX, AN

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Studio / production companyCarolco Pictures FranchiseRambo Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartThriller Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Rambo: First Blood Part II is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Thriller title from Carolco Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $300.4M, reported production budget is $44.0M, gross-minus-budget is $256.4M, ROI is 6.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #605 all-time in the current chart set and #3 among 1985 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.