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#11,380 All-time worldwide
#165 1989 releases

Movie profile

The Toxic Avenger Part II

1989 · 95 min · Troma Entertainment

Action Comedy Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $792,966
Budget $2.5M
Gross minus budget -$1.7M
ROI 0.32x

Domestic gross

$380,624

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$412,342

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$163,668

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Toxic Avenger Part II 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 #11,380 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #165 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #2 Troma Entertainment of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Troma Entertainment movie set. Franchise #2 The Toxic Avenger of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,791 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.

#11,377 Tokyo Decadence 1992 · $795,312 #11,378 The Caveman's Valentine 2001 · $794,481 #11,379 Little Monsters 1989 · $793,775 #11,381 Pola X 1999 · $791,919 #11,382 Bio Zombie 1998 · $791,702 #11,383 The Accidental Spy 2001 · $790,144

Quick answer

How did The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) perform at the box office?

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The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) earned a reported $793.0K worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.32x. In this database it currently ranks #11,380 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #165 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$792,966
Budget
$2,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,707,034
ROI
0.32x
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

Melvin Junko was a nerdy weakling until he fell into a vat of toxic waste, turning him into the first ever superhuman creature from New Jersey. This time, he takes on Tokyo.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 15, 1989
Production
Troma Entertainment, Lorimar Film Entertainment
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, The Toxic Avenger Part II is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Horror title from Troma Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $792,966, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.7M, ROI is 0.32x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,380 all-time in the current chart set and #165 among 1989 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.