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#4,680 All-time worldwide
#44 1988 releases

Movie profile

Shoot to Kill

1988 · 109 min · Century Park Pictures

Action Thriller Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$14.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Shoot to Kill 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 #4,680 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #44 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Primary genre #1,485 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 Shoot to Kill (1988) perform at the box office?

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Shoot to Kill (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $29.3M. In this database it currently ranks #4,680 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #44 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,300,000
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

When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the aid of expert tracker Jonathan Knox. It's a turbulent yet vital relationship they must maintain in order to survive... and one that becomes increasingly desperate when Knox's girlfriend Sarah becomes the killer's latest hostage!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 12, 1988
Production
Century Park Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III, Touchstone Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCentury Park Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Shoot to Kill is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Crime title from Century Park Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #4,680 all-time in the current chart set and #44 among 1988 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.