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#8,271 All-time worldwide
#157 2000 releases

Movie profile

Before Night Falls

2000 · 134 min · El Mar Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.5M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$767,208

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Before Night Falls 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 #8,271 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2000 releases #157 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2000. Primary genre #3,486 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 Before Night Falls (2000) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Before Night Falls (2000) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.5M. In this database it currently ranks #8,271 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #157 among 2000 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,524,534
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

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 3, 2000
Production
El Mar Pictures, Grandview Pictures
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2000, Before Night Falls is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from El Mar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.5M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,271 all-time in the current chart set and #157 among 2000 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.