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#7,571 All-time worldwide
#81 1989 releases

Movie profile

The Package

1989 · 108 min · Orion Pictures

Crime Thriller Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.6M
Budget $16.0M
Gross minus budget -$5.4M
ROI 0.67x

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Package 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 #7,571 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #81 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #43 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,181 Crime of 1,921 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 Package (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Package (1989) earned a reported $10.6M worldwide against a reported $16.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.67x. In this database it currently ranks #7,571 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #81 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,647,219
Budget
$16,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,352,781
ROI
0.67x
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

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 25, 1989
Production
Orion Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyOrion Pictures Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, The Package is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Action title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.6M, reported production budget is $16.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.4M, ROI is 0.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,571 all-time in the current chart set and #81 among 1989 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.