#2,416 All-time worldwide

#12 1986 releases

Movie profile

The Golden Child

Name: The Golden Child
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986-12-12
Duration: 94 min

1986 · 94 min · Eddie Murphy Productions

Action Adventure Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $79.8M

Budget $25.0M

Gross minus budget $54.8M

ROI 3.19x

Domestic gross

$31.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$47.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Golden Child ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,416 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #12 Release-year chart position of 211 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #4 Eddie Murphy Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Eddie Murphy Productions movie set. Primary genre #903 Action of 2,974 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.

#2,412 Teen Wolf 1985 · $80.0M #2,412 City of Rock 2017 · $80.0M #2,415 Exit Wounds 2001 · $80.0M #2,417 The Wedding Ringer 2015 · $79.8M #2,418 The Grey 2012 · $79.8M #2,419 Last Suspect 2023 · $79.8M

Quick answer

How did The Golden Child (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Golden Child (1986) earned a reported $79.8M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $54.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.19x. In this database it currently ranks #2,416 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #12 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross: $79,817,939
Budget: $25,000,000
Gross minus budget: $54,817,939
ROI: 3.19x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 12, 1986
Production: Eddie Murphy Productions, Feldman/Meeker Productions, Paramount Pictures
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyEddie Murphy Productions Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, The Golden Child is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Comedy title from Eddie Murphy Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $79.8M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is $54.8M, ROI is 3.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,416 all-time in the current chart set and #12 among 1986 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.