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#8,849 All-time worldwide
#134 1993 releases

Movie profile

The Real McCoy

1993 · 100 min · Universal Pictures

Action Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.5M
Budget $24.0M
Gross minus budget -$17.5M
ROI 0.27x

Domestic gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$583,582

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Real McCoy 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 #8,849 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #134 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #314 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,398 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Real McCoy (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Real McCoy (1993) earned a reported $6.5M worldwide against a reported $24.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$17.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.27x. In this database it currently ranks #8,849 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #134 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,484,246
Budget
$24,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$17,515,754
ROI
0.27x
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

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately, between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex, she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 10, 1993
Production
Universal Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, The Real McCoy is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.5M, reported production budget is $24.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$17.5M, ROI is 0.27x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,849 all-time in the current chart set and #134 among 1993 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.