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#11,410 All-time worldwide
#172 1987 releases

Movie profile

The Hanoi Hilton

1987 · 126 min · The Cannon Group

War Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $760,000
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$380,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$380,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$68,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Hanoi Hilton 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 #11,410 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #172 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #33 The Cannon Group of 40 titles Position inside the mapped The Cannon Group movie set. Primary genre #429 War of 483 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.

#11,407 Before the Rain 1994 · $763,847 #11,408 The Story of Adèle H. 1975 · $763,000 #11,409 Fire and Ice 1983 · $760,883 #11,411 Double Happiness 1994 · $759,393 #11,412 The Circle 2000 · $756,035 #11,413 Silent Friend 2026 · $755,049

Quick answer

How did The Hanoi Hilton (1987) perform at the box office?

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The Hanoi Hilton (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $760.0K. In this database it currently ranks #11,410 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #172 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$760,000
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

Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp. He assumes command after Cathcart (Lawrence Pressman) is dragged off to be tortured.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 27, 1987
Production
The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Cannon Group Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartWar Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, The Hanoi Hilton is positioned in this dataset as a War, Drama title from The Cannon Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $760,000. For comparison, it currently sits #11,410 all-time in the current chart set and #172 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.