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#12,462 All-time worldwide
#200 1989 releases

Movie profile

Celia

1989 · 103 min · Seon Film Productions

Drama Fantasy Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $50,000
Budget $1.5M
Gross minus budget -$1.4M
ROI 0.03x

Domestic gross

$24,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$26,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$10,320

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Celia 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 #12,462 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #200 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #2 Seon Film Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Seon Film Productions movie set. Primary genre #5,649 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.

#12,459 Corridas de alegría 1982 · $51,601 #12,460 Corridors of Blood 1958 · $51,500 #12,461 The Ogre 1996 · $50,935 #12,475 Curdled 1996 · $49,620 #12,476 A.P.E.X. 1994 · $49,601 #12,477 Flight of the Innocent 1992 · $49,472

Quick answer

How did Celia (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Celia (1989) earned a reported $50.0K worldwide against a reported $1.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.03x. In this database it currently ranks #12,462 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #200 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$50,000
Budget
$1,450,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,400,000
ROI
0.03x
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 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let her play with the kids next door because their parents are communists. Then her pet bunny is taken away because of rabbit overpopulation. And, more traumatizing yet, when her grandmother dies, she's the one to discover the corpse. To cope, she retreats into elaborate fantasies.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 18, 1989
Production
Seon Film Productions
Countries
AU

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Studio / production companySeon Film Productions Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartFantasy Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Celia is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Fantasy, Horror title from Seon Film Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $50,000, reported production budget is $1.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.4M, ROI is 0.03x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,462 all-time in the current chart set and #200 among 1989 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.