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#10,443 All-time worldwide
#144 1990 releases

Movie profile

Ay, Carmela!

1990 · 102 min · Ellepi Films

Comedy Drama War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$180,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ay, Carmela! 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 #10,443 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1990 releases #144 Release-year chart position of 205 titles Ranked against movies released in 1990. Studio / company #1 Ellepi Films of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Ellepi Films movie set. Primary genre #4,035 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.

#10,440 The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · $2.0M #10,441 Betty Blue 1986 · $2.0M #10,442 Nemesis 1992 · $2.0M #10,500 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 · $2.0M #10,501 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,502 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did Ay, Carmela! (1990) perform at the box office?

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Ay, Carmela! (1990) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $2.0M. In this database it currently ranks #10,443 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #144 among 1990 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
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

During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 16, 1990
Production
Ellepi Films, Iberoamericana Films Internacional
Countries
IT, ES

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1990, Ay, Carmela! is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, War title from Ellepi Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,443 all-time in the current chart set and #144 among 1990 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.