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#11,592 All-time worldwide
#172 1990 releases

Movie profile

The Unbelievable Truth

1990 · 90 min · Action Features

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $546,541
Budget $75,000
Gross minus budget $471,541
ROI 7.29x

Domestic gross

$273,271

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$273,270

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$49,189

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Unbelievable Truth 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 #11,592 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #172 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Primary genre #4,410 Comedy of 4,840 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 Unbelievable Truth (1990) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Unbelievable Truth (1990) earned a reported $546.5K worldwide against a reported $75.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $471.5K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.29x. In this database it currently ranks #11,592 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #172 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$546,541
Budget
$75,000
Gross minus budget
$471,541
ROI
7.29x
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

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 20, 1990
Production
Action Features
Countries
US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, The Unbelievable Truth is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Action Features. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $546,541, reported production budget is $75,000, gross-minus-budget is $471,541, ROI is 7.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,592 all-time in the current chart set and #172 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.