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#12,615 All-time worldwide
#196 1990 releases

Movie profile

The Reflecting Skin

1990 · 95 min · BBC Film

Drama Thriller Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17,042
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$8,180

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8,862

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3,517

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Reflecting Skin 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 #12,615 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #196 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Studio / company #23 BBC Film of 23 titles Position inside the mapped BBC Film movie set. Primary genre #5,720 Drama of 5,859 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.

#12,612 Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho 1978 · $17,280 #12,613 Django 1966 · $17,277 #12,614 A Real Young Girl 1976 · $17,245 #12,616 The Savage Eye 1960 · $16,366 #12,617 Head 1968 · $16,111 #12,618 Andy... Andy Silly Andy 1964 · $15,910

Quick answer

How did The Reflecting Skin (1990) perform at the box office?

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The Reflecting Skin (1990) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $17.0K. In this database it currently ranks #12,615 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #196 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,042
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

In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 28, 1990
Production
BBC Film, Fugitive Features, British Screen Productions
Countries
GB, CA

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, The Reflecting Skin is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Horror title from BBC Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17,042. For comparison, it currently sits #12,615 all-time in the current chart set and #196 among 1990 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.