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#8,501 All-time worldwide
#99 1989 releases

Movie profile

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989 · 124 min · Allarts

Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.7M
Budget $2.3M
Gross minus budget $5.4M
ROI 3.36x

Domestic gross

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$695,223

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #8,501 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #99 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Primary genre #1,317 Crime of 1,921 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.

#8,498 Man on the Train 2002 · $7.7M #8,499 The State Counsellor 2005 · $7.7M #8,500 Happily Ever After 2004 · $7.7M #8,502 Disorganized Crime 1989 · $7.7M #8,503 Summer in Berlin 2005 · $7.7M #8,504 Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2023 · $7.7M

Quick answer

How did The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) earned a reported $7.7M worldwide against a reported $2.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.36x. In this database it currently ranks #8,501 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #99 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,724,701
Budget
$2,300,000
Gross minus budget
$5,424,701
ROI
3.36x
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

When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 13, 1989
Production
Allarts, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Cook
Countries
FR, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAllarts Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama title from Allarts. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.7M, reported production budget is $2.3M, gross-minus-budget is $5.4M, ROI is 3.36x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,501 all-time in the current chart set and #99 among 1989 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.