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#8,403 All-time worldwide
#99 1991 releases

Movie profile

Suburban Commando

1991 · 88 min · New Line Cinema

Action Comedy Family Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.0M
Budget $11.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.0M
ROI 0.73x

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Suburban Commando 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 #8,403 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #99 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #147 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #2,302 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 Suburban Commando (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Suburban Commando (1991) earned a reported $8.0M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.73x. In this database it currently ranks #8,403 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #99 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,000,000
Budget
$11,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,000,000
ROI
0.73x
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

Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an interstellar nasty and he must hide out on Earth until it can recharge. He leaves his power suit at home, but still finds himself unable to allow wrongs to go unrighted and so mixes it up with bad drivers, offensive paperboys, muggers and the like.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 4, 1991
Production
New Line Cinema
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Suburban Commando is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Family title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.0M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.0M, ROI is 0.73x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,403 all-time in the current chart set and #99 among 1991 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.