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#9,306 All-time worldwide
#113 1991 releases

Movie profile

The Hitman

1991 · 95 min · Twilight Motion Picture Seven Ltd.. Partnership

Action Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$521,280

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Hitman ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,306 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #113 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Primary genre #2,480 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.

#9,303 Don't Come Knocking 2005 · $4.7M #9,304 No Retreat, No Surrender 1986 · $4.7M #9,305 Narasimham 2000 · $4.7M #9,307 Radio Flyer 1992 · $4.7M #9,308 Pig 2021 · $4.6M #9,309 Fire with Fire 1986 · $4.6M

Quick answer

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

Medium confidence

The Hitman (1991) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $4.7M. In this database it currently ranks #9,306 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #113 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,654,288
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

After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 1, 1991
Production
Twilight Motion Picture Seven Ltd. Partnership, The Cannon Group
Countries
CA, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTwilight Motion Picture Seven Ltd.. Partnership Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, The Hitman is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Thriller title from Twilight Motion Picture Seven Ltd. Partnership. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,306 all-time in the current chart set and #113 among 1991 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.