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#7,081 All-time worldwide
#75 1987 releases

Movie profile

The Fourth Protocol

1987 · 119 min · The Rank Organisation

Action Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.4M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $6.4M
ROI 2.07x

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Fourth Protocol 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 #7,081 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #75 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #2 The Rank Organisation of 4 titles Position inside the mapped The Rank Organisation movie set. Primary genre #2,020 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 The Fourth Protocol (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Fourth Protocol (1987) earned a reported $12.4M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.07x. In this database it currently ranks #7,081 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #75 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,423,831
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$6,423,831
ROI
2.07x
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

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 20, 1987
Production
The Rank Organisation
Countries
GB

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyThe Rank Organisation Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, The Fourth Protocol is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller title from The Rank Organisation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.4M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $6.4M, ROI is 2.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,081 all-time in the current chart set and #75 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.