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#5,032 All-time worldwide
#43 1986 releases

Movie profile

The Morning After

1986 · 102 min · American Filmworks

Thriller Mystery Romance Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$10.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Morning After 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 #5,032 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #43 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #1 American Filmworks of 2 titles Position inside the mapped American Filmworks movie set. Primary genre #1,194 Thriller of 2,567 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 Morning After (1986) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Morning After (1986) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $25.1M. In this database it currently ranks #5,032 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #43 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,147,055
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

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 25, 1986
Production
American Filmworks, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAmerican Filmworks Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartMystery Genre chartRomance Genre chartCrime

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, The Morning After is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Mystery, Romance title from American Filmworks. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,032 all-time in the current chart set and #43 among 1986 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.