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#6,904 All-time worldwide
#52 1983 releases

Movie profile

Revenge of the Ninja

1983 · 90 min · The Cannon Group

Action Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.2M
Budget $700,000
Gross minus budget $12.5M
ROI 18.81x

Domestic gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Revenge of the Ninja 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 #6,904 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #52 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #11 The Cannon Group of 40 titles Position inside the mapped The Cannon Group movie set. Franchise #1 The Ninja Trilogy of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,988 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 Revenge of the Ninja (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Revenge of the Ninja (1983) earned a reported $13.2M worldwide against a reported $700.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 18.81x. In this database it currently ranks #6,904 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #52 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,168,027
Budget
$700,000
Gross minus budget
$12,468,027
ROI
18.81x
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

A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 7, 1983
Production
The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyThe Cannon Group FranchiseThe Ninja Trilogy Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Revenge of the Ninja is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from The Cannon Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.2M, reported production budget is $700,000, gross-minus-budget is $12.5M, ROI is 18.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,904 all-time in the current chart set and #52 among 1983 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.