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#11,659 All-time worldwide
#181 1987 releases

Movie profile

September

1987 · 83 min · Orion Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $486,434
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget -$9.5M
ROI 0.05x

Domestic gross

$243,217

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$243,217

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$43,779

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where September 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 #11,659 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #181 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #76 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Primary genre #5,215 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 September (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

September (1987) earned a reported $486.4K worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$9.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.05x. In this database it currently ranks #11,659 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #181 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$486,434
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$9,513,566
ROI
0.05x
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

After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently arrived with her husband Lloyd, Lane's stepfather. Lane is close to two neighbors: Peter, and Howard. Howard is in love with Lane, Lane is in love with Peter, and Peter is in love with Stephanie.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 18, 1987
Production
Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyOrion Pictures Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, September is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $486,434, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$9.5M, ROI is 0.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,659 all-time in the current chart set and #181 among 1987 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.