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#5,343 All-time worldwide
#57 1990 releases

Movie profile

The First Power

1990 · 98 min · Orion Pictures

Crime Thriller Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.4M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $12.4M
ROI 2.24x

Domestic gross

$10.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The First Power 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 #5,343 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #57 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Studio / company #23 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Primary genre #848 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.

#5,340 Swimming Pool 2003 · $22.4M #5,341 City by the Sea 2002 · $22.4M #5,342 The Contender 2000 · $22.4M #5,344 Men in the City 2009 · $22.4M #5,345 Red Corner 1997 · $22.4M #5,346 2 States 2014 · $22.4M

Quick answer

How did The First Power (1990) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The First Power (1990) earned a reported $22.4M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.24x. In this database it currently ranks #5,343 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #57 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,424,195
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$12,424,195
ROI
2.24x
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

A dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 6, 1990
Production
Orion Pictures, Nelson Entertainment, Interscope Communications
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyOrion Pictures Release year chart1990 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, The First Power is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Horror title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.4M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $12.4M, ROI is 2.24x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,343 all-time in the current chart set and #57 among 1990 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.