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#5,345 All-time worldwide
#95 1997 releases

Movie profile

Red Corner

1997 · 122 min · Avnet/Kerner Productions

Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.4M
Budget $48.0M
Gross minus budget -$25.6M
ROI 0.47x

Domestic gross

$11.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Red Corner 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 #5,345 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #95 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #4 Avnet/Kerner Productions of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Avnet/Kerner Productions movie set. Primary genre #849 Crime of 1,921 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 Red Corner (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Red Corner (1997) earned a reported $22.4M worldwide against a reported $48.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$25.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.47x. In this database it currently ranks #5,345 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #95 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,420,000
Budget
$48,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$25,580,000
ROI
0.47x
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

An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 30, 1997
Production
Avnet/Kerner Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAvnet/Kerner Productions Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Red Corner is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Avnet/Kerner Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.4M, reported production budget is $48.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$25.6M, ROI is 0.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,345 all-time in the current chart set and #95 among 1997 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.