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#8,633 All-time worldwide
#139 1997 releases

Movie profile

B.A.P.S

1997 · 90 min · New Line Cinema

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.2M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.8M
ROI 0.72x

Domestic gross

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$810,974

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where B.A.P.S 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 #8,633 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #139 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #150 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #3,371 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 B.A.P.S (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

B.A.P.S (1997) earned a reported $7.2M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.72x. In this database it currently ranks #8,633 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #139 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,240,837
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,759,163
ROI
0.72x
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

Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 28, 1997
Production
New Line Cinema, Island Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, B.A.P.S is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.2M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.8M, ROI is 0.72x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,633 all-time in the current chart set and #139 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.