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#11,369 All-time worldwide
#169 1987 releases

Movie profile

The Barbarians

1987 · 87 min · The Cannon Group

Adventure Fantasy Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $800,000
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.2M
ROI 0.20x

Domestic gross

$320,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$480,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$89,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Barbarians 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 #11,369 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #169 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #31 The Cannon Group of 40 titles Position inside the mapped The Cannon Group movie set. Primary genre #2,036 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#11,366 About Adam 2001 · $802,951 #11,367 Razorback 1984 · $801,000 #11,368 Ni te cases ni te embarques 1982 · $800,832 #11,373 Claire of the Moon 1992 · $799,674 #11,374 Yoyes 2000 · $798,569 #11,375 Rampage 1987 · $796,368

Quick answer

How did The Barbarians (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Barbarians (1987) earned a reported $800.0K worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.20x. In this database it currently ranks #11,369 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #169 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$800,000
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,200,000
ROI
0.20x
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

Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 20, 1987
Production
The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions, Cannon Italia Srl
Countries
IT, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Cannon Group Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, The Barbarians is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy, Action title from The Cannon Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $800,000, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.2M, ROI is 0.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,369 all-time in the current chart set and #169 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.