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#8,268 All-time worldwide
#94 1988 releases

Movie profile

Without a Clue

1988 · 107 min · Orion Pictures

Comedy Crime
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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.5M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$956,388

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Without a Clue 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 #8,268 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #94 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #48 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,220 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 Without a Clue (1988) perform at the box office?

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Without a Clue (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.5M. In this database it currently ranks #8,268 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #94 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,539,181
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

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 5, 1988
Production
Orion Pictures, ITC Entertainment
Countries
GB

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Studio / production companyOrion Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Without a Clue is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.5M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,268 all-time in the current chart set and #94 among 1988 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.