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#4,954 All-time worldwide
#70 1994 releases

Movie profile

Blue Chips

1994 · 108 min · Paramount Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $26.0M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget -$9.0M
ROI 0.74x

Domestic gross

$13.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Blue Chips 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 #4,954 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #70 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #222 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,917 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 Blue Chips (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Blue Chips (1994) earned a reported $26.0M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$9.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.74x. In this database it currently ranks #4,954 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #70 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$26,000,000
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$9,000,000
ROI
0.74x
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

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 18, 1994
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, Blue Chips is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $26.0M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$9.0M, ROI is 0.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,954 all-time in the current chart set and #70 among 1994 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.