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#6,106 All-time worldwide
#58 1985 releases

Movie profile

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985 · 116 min · Slm Production Group

Crime Thriller Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.3M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $11.3M
ROI 2.88x

Domestic gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where To Live and Die in L.A. 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 #6,106 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #58 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #7 Slm Production Group of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Slm Production Group movie set. Primary genre #967 Crime of 1,921 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.

#6,103 Masters of the Universe 1987 · $17.3M #6,104 Mirage 2018 · $17.3M #6,105 The Phantom 1996 · $17.3M #6,107 The Matador 2005 · $17.3M #6,107 The Importance of Being Earnest 2002 · $17.3M #6,109 The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie 2022 · $17.3M

Quick answer

How did To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) earned a reported $17.3M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $11.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.88x. In this database it currently ranks #6,106 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #58 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,307,019
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$11,307,019
ROI
2.88x
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

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 1, 1985
Production
SLM Production Group, New Century Productions, United Artists
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, To Live and Die in L.A. is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Action title from SLM Production Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.3M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $11.3M, ROI is 2.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,106 all-time in the current chart set and #58 among 1985 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.