#2,781 All-time worldwide

#22 1991 releases

Movie profile

The Hard Way

Name: The Hard Way
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1991-03-08
Duration: 111 min

1991 · 111 min · The Badham Cohen Group

Action Comedy Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $65.6M

Budget $24.0M

Gross minus budget $41.6M

ROI 2.73x

Domestic gross

$26.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$39.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Hard Way ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,781 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 230 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Primary genre #1,018 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Hard Way (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Hard Way (1991) earned a reported $65.6M worldwide against a reported $24.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $41.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.73x. In this database it currently ranks #2,781 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross: $65,595,485
Budget: $24,000,000
Gross minus budget: $41,595,485
ROI: 2.73x

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.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Mar 8, 1991
Production: The Badham-Cohen Group, Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyThe Badham Cohen Group Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, The Hard Way is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Crime title from The Badham-Cohen Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $65.6M, reported production budget is $24.0M, gross-minus-budget is $41.6M, ROI is 2.73x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,781 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 1991 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.