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#7,430 All-time worldwide
#78 1989 releases

Movie profile

Wild Orchid

1989 · 105 min · Vision Pdg

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.1M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $4.1M
ROI 1.58x

Domestic gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$995,444

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Wild Orchid 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 #7,430 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #78 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #2 Vision Pdg of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Vision Pdg movie set. Franchise #1 Wild Orchid of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #3,102 Drama of 5,859 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 Wild Orchid (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Wild Orchid (1989) earned a reported $11.1M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.58x. In this database it currently ranks #7,430 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #78 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,060,485
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,060,485
ROI
1.58x
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

A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 22, 1989
Production
Vision P.D.G.
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyVision Pdg FranchiseWild Orchid Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Wild Orchid is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Vision P.D.G. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.1M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.1M, ROI is 1.58x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,430 all-time in the current chart set and #78 among 1989 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.