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#8,186 All-time worldwide
#90 1989 releases

Movie profile

Scandal

1989 · 115 min · British Screen Productions

Drama History Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.8M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$792,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Scandal 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 #8,186 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #90 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #1 British Screen Productions of 6 titles Position inside the mapped British Screen Productions movie set. Primary genre #3,454 Drama of 5,859 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 Scandal (1989) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Scandal (1989) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.8M. In this database it currently ranks #8,186 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #90 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,800,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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 English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 3, 1989
Production
British Screen Productions, Palace Pictures, Miramax
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBritish Screen Productions Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartHistory Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Scandal is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History, Romance title from British Screen Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.8M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,186 all-time in the current chart set and #90 among 1989 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.