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#8,236 All-time worldwide
#96 1985 releases

Movie profile

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985 · 92 min · 20th Century Fox

Action Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.6M
Budget $16.0M
Gross minus budget -$7.4M
ROI 0.54x

Domestic gross

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$968,286

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man with One Red Shoe 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 #8,236 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #96 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #122 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #2,271 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.

#8,233 Tolkien 2019 · $8.7M #8,234 One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom 2008 · $8.7M #8,235 Snowroller 1985 · $8.6M #8,237 The Protégé 2021 · $8.6M #8,238 Che: Part Two 2008 · $8.6M #8,239 Blue Velvet 1986 · $8.6M

Quick answer

How did The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) earned a reported $8.6M worldwide against a reported $16.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$7.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.54x. In this database it currently ranks #8,236 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #96 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,645,411
Budget
$16,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$7,354,589
ROI
0.54x
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

A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 18, 1985
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, The Man with One Red Shoe is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.6M, reported production budget is $16.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$7.4M, ROI is 0.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,236 all-time in the current chart set and #96 among 1985 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.