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#8,447 All-time worldwide
#136 1997 releases

Movie profile

A Thousand Acres

1997 · 105 min · Touchstone Pictures

Drama Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.9M
Budget $28.0M
Gross minus budget -$20.1M
ROI 0.28x

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Thousand Acres 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 #8,447 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #136 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #97 Touchstone Pictures of 113 titles Position inside the mapped Touchstone Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,570 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 A Thousand Acres (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Thousand Acres (1997) earned a reported $7.9M worldwide against a reported $28.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$20.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.28x. In this database it currently ranks #8,447 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #136 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,936,780
Budget
$28,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$20,063,220
ROI
0.28x
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

The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 19, 1997
Production
Touchstone Pictures, Propaganda Films, Beacon Communications
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTouchstone Pictures Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, A Thousand Acres is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Family title from Touchstone Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.9M, reported production budget is $28.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$20.1M, ROI is 0.28x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,447 all-time in the current chart set and #136 among 1997 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.