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#11,071 All-time worldwide
#162 1991 releases

Movie profile

Year of the Gun

1991 · 111 min · J&M Entertainment

Action Thriller Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$13.8M
ROI 0.08x

Domestic gross

$472,909

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$709,364

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$132,415

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Year of the Gun 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 #11,071 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #162 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #1 J&M Entertainment of 2 titles Position inside the mapped J&M Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #2,750 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.

#11,068 High Hopes 1989 · $1.2M #11,069 The Invincible Armour 1977 · $1.2M #11,070 The Lair of the White Worm 1988 · $1.2M #11,072 Chuck & Buck 2000 · $1.2M #11,073 True to the Game 2 2020 · $1.2M #11,074 Nightwatch 1997 · $1.2M

Quick answer

How did Year of the Gun (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Year of the Gun (1991) earned a reported $1.2M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$13.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.08x. In this database it currently ranks #11,071 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #162 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,182,273
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$13,817,727
ROI
0.08x
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

American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 10, 1991
Production
J&M Entertainment, Shomedia, Initial Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyJ&M Entertainment Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Year of the Gun is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Romance title from J&M Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$13.8M, ROI is 0.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,071 all-time in the current chart set and #162 among 1991 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.