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#7,719 All-time worldwide
#129 1996 releases

Movie profile

A Family Thing

1996 · 109 min · United Artists

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$911,288

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Family 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 #7,719 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #129 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #51 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Primary genre #3,007 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.

#7,716 Is This Thing On? 2025 · $10.1M #7,717 Prom 2011 · $10.1M #7,718 Thirteen 2003 · $10.1M #7,720 Frontline - Yokohama Bay 2025 · $10.1M #7,721 Brokedown Palace 1999 · $10.1M #7,722 Possession 2002 · $10.1M

Quick answer

How did A Family Thing (1996) perform at the box office?

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A Family Thing (1996) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $10.1M. In this database it currently ranks #7,719 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #129 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,125,417
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

Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 29, 1996
Production
United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, A Family Thing is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,719 all-time in the current chart set and #129 among 1996 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.