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#11,578 All-time worldwide
#177 1987 releases

Movie profile

Steel Dawn

1987 · 97 min · Toron Screen Corporation

Action Adventure Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $562,187
Budget $3.5M
Gross minus budget -$3.0M
ROI 0.16x

Domestic gross

$224,875

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$337,312

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$62,965

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Steel Dawn 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 #11,578 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #177 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Primary genre #2,811 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.

#11,575 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 1978 · $567,000 #11,576 The Hand 1981 · $566,736 #11,577 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 1998 · $565,592 #11,579 I, 'The Heifer' 1985 · $562,029 #11,580 Me, You, Them 2000 · $560,943 #11,581 The Last Breath 1999 · $559,298

Quick answer

How did Steel Dawn (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Steel Dawn (1987) earned a reported $562.2K worldwide against a reported $3.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.16x. In this database it currently ranks #11,578 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #177 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$562,187
Budget
$3,520,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,957,813
ROI
0.16x
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, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 6, 1987
Production
Toron Screen Corporation, Vestron Pictures, Independent Film Centre
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Steel Dawn is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Science Fiction title from Toron Screen Corporation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $562,187, reported production budget is $3.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.0M, ROI is 0.16x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,578 all-time in the current chart set and #177 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.