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#12,188 All-time worldwide
#237 1998 releases

Movie profile

Six-String Samurai

1998 · 91 min · Hsx Films

Action Adventure Science Fiction Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $124,494
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.9M
ROI 0.06x

Domestic gross

$49,798

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$74,696

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$13,943

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Six-String Samurai 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 #12,188 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #237 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Primary genre #2,874 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.

#12,185 The Night Flier 1997 · $125,397 #12,186 The In Crowd 1988 · $124,880 #12,187 Oleanna 1994 · $124,693 #12,189 Mirror 1975 · $124,367 #12,190 Bak Yeşil Yeşil 1975 · $124,000 #12,191 Knick Knack 1989 · $123,967

Quick answer

How did Six-String Samurai (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Six-String Samurai (1998) earned a reported $124.5K worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.06x. In this database it currently ranks #12,188 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #237 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$124,494
Budget
$2,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,875,506
ROI
0.06x
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

In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 18, 1998
Production
HSX Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyHsx Films Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Six-String Samurai is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Science Fiction title from HSX Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $124,494, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.9M, ROI is 0.06x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,188 all-time in the current chart set and #237 among 1998 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.