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#5,800 All-time worldwide
#101 1998 releases

Movie profile

The Replacement Killers

1998 · 87 min · Columbia Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.2M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$10.8M
ROI 0.64x

Domestic gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Replacement Killers ranks

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Quick answer

How did The Replacement Killers (1998) perform at the box office?

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The Replacement Killers (1998) earned a reported $19.2M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.64x. In this database it currently ranks #5,800 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #101 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,200,000
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,800,000
ROI
0.64x
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

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 6, 1998
Production
Columbia Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, WCG Entertainment Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, The Replacement Killers is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Thriller title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.2M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.8M, ROI is 0.64x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,800 all-time in the current chart set and #101 among 1998 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.