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#12,121 All-time worldwide
#212 1988 releases

Movie profile

The Blue Iguana

1988 · 90 min · Volcanica Films

Thriller Action Comedy Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $161,398
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$64,559

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$96,839

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$18,077

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Blue Iguana 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 #12,121 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #212 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Primary genre #2,501 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#12,118 The Hi-Lo Country 1998 · $166,000 #12,119 De tripas corazón 1985 · $162,843 #12,120 Sleep with Me 1994 · $161,410 #12,122 Mad Foxes 1981 · $161,362 #12,123 Bye Bye Blues 1989 · $161,323 #12,124 The Seducer 1995 · $161,127

Quick answer

How did The Blue Iguana (1988) perform at the box office?

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The Blue Iguana (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $161.4K. In this database it currently ranks #12,121 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #212 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$161,398
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

To stay out of the slammer, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Vince Holloway reluctantly agrees to do the bidding of two crooked IRS agents. Tasked with recouping $20 million of laundered drug money, Holloway heads south of the border to the Blue Iguana, a bar crawling with thugs, killers, smugglers, evil women, and crazy action.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 22, 1988
Production
Volcanica Films, Cinexacto Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Countries
MX, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyVolcanica Films Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The Blue Iguana is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Action, Comedy title from Volcanica Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $161,398. For comparison, it currently sits #12,121 all-time in the current chart set and #212 among 1988 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.