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#8,051 All-time worldwide
#224 2012 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.2M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $4.2M
ROI 1.84x

Domestic gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$828,582

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bernie ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Bernie (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bernie (2012) earned a reported $9.2M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.84x. In this database it currently ranks #8,051 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #224 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,206,470
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,206,470
ROI
1.84x
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

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 27, 2012
Production
Mandalay Vision, Detour Filmproduction, Wind Dancer Films
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Bernie is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Drama title from Mandalay Vision. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.2M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.2M, ROI is 1.84x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,051 all-time in the current chart set and #224 among 2012 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.