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#10,547 All-time worldwide
#131 1985 releases

Movie profile

Turk 182!

1985 · 102 min · Interscope Communications

Action Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.9M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$13.1M
ROI 0.13x

Domestic gross

$950,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$950,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$171,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Turk 182! 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 #10,547 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #131 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #8 Interscope Communications of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Interscope Communications movie set. Primary genre #2,686 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.

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Quick answer

How did Turk 182! (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Turk 182! (1985) earned a reported $1.9M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$13.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.13x. In this database it currently ranks #10,547 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #131 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$13,100,000
ROI
0.13x
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 New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 15, 1985
Production
Interscope Communications, 20th Century Fox, SLM Production Group
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyInterscope Communications Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Turk 182! is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Drama title from Interscope Communications. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$13.1M, ROI is 0.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,547 all-time in the current chart set and #131 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.