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#10,917 All-time worldwide
#189 1997 releases

Movie profile

Brother

1997 · 96 min · Box Office Data

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.4M
Budget $10,000
Gross minus budget $1.4M
ROI 136.00x

Domestic gross

$544,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$816,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$152,320

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Brother 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 #10,917 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #189 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#10,914 The Shining Hour 1938 · $1.4M #10,915 Strange Invaders 1983 · $1.4M #10,916 As You Desire Me 1932 · $1.4M #10,918 Guests in the House 1988 · $1.4M #10,919 Metropolis 1927 · $1.4M #10,920 The Harder They Fall 1956 · $1.4M

Quick answer

How did Brother (1997) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Brother (1997) earned a reported $1.4M worldwide against a reported $10.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 136.00x. In this database it currently ranks #10,917 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #189 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,360,000
Budget
$10,000
Gross minus budget
$1,350,000
ROI
136.00x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill the boss instead.

Movie facts

Production details

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Brother is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.4M, reported production budget is $10,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.4M, ROI is 136.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,917 all-time in the current chart set and #189 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.