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#12,375 All-time worldwide
#212 1987 releases

Movie profile

Wild Thing

1987 · 92 min · Atlantic Entertainment Group

Thriller Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $84,000
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$42,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$42,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7,560

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Wild Thing 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 #12,375 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #212 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #8 Atlantic Entertainment Group of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Atlantic Entertainment Group movie set. Primary genre #2,521 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#12,372 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl 1990 · $85,395 #12,373 Amanece como puedas 1988 · $85,000 #12,374 Wilder Napalm 1993 · $84,859 #12,376 Peeping Tom 1960 · $83,957 #12,377 16 Days of Glory 1985 · $83,857 #12,378 Postcards from America 1995 · $83,587

Quick answer

How did Wild Thing (1987) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Wild Thing (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $84.0K. In this database it currently ranks #12,375 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #212 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$84,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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 child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 17, 1987
Production
Atlantic Entertainment Group, Filmline International
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAtlantic Entertainment Group Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Wild Thing is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Action, Drama title from Atlantic Entertainment Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $84,000. For comparison, it currently sits #12,375 all-time in the current chart set and #212 among 1987 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.