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#9,316 All-time worldwide
#121 1986 releases

Movie profile

River's Edge

1986 · 100 min · Island

Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.6M
Budget $1.9M
Gross minus budget $2.7M
ROI 2.42x

Domestic gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$414,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where River's Edge 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 #9,316 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #121 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Primary genre #1,443 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.

#9,313 Longtime Companion 1989 · $4.6M #9,314 Dutch 1991 · $4.6M #9,315 Eliminators 1986 · $4.6M #9,323 Sunset 1988 · $4.6M #9,324 The Cursed 2021 · $4.6M #9,325 Sri Asih 2022 · $4.6M

Quick answer

How did River's Edge (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

River's Edge (1986) earned a reported $4.6M worldwide against a reported $1.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.42x. In this database it currently ranks #9,316 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #121 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,600,000
Budget
$1,900,000
Gross minus budget
$2,700,000
ROI
2.42x
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 group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 10, 1986
Production
Island, Hemdale Film Corporation
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyIsland Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, River's Edge is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Island. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.6M, reported production budget is $1.9M, gross-minus-budget is $2.7M, ROI is 2.42x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,316 all-time in the current chart set and #121 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.