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#5,911 All-time worldwide
#59 1987 releases

Movie profile

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987 · 95 min · Hughes Entertainment

Romance Comedy
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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$7.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Some Kind of Wonderful 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 #5,911 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #59 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #7 Hughes Entertainment of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Hughes Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,068 Romance of 2,607 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 Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) perform at the box office?

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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $18.6M. In this database it currently ranks #5,911 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #59 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,553,948
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

Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. However, Watts realizes she likes Keith as more than just a friend and tries to convince him to stop pursuing Amanda. Matters are further complicated when Keith's invitation draws the ire of Amanda's rich yet snobby ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns, who makes plans to get even.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 27, 1987
Production
Hughes Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyHughes Entertainment Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Some Kind of Wonderful is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Comedy title from Hughes Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,911 all-time in the current chart set and #59 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.