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#7,175 All-time worldwide
#117 1997 releases

Movie profile

Chasing Amy

1997 · 114 min · View Askew Productions

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.0M
Budget $250,000
Gross minus budget $11.8M
ROI 48.09x

Domestic gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Chasing Amy 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 #7,175 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #117 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #2 View Askew Productions of 4 titles Position inside the mapped View Askew Productions movie set. Primary genre #2,786 Comedy of 4,840 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 Chasing Amy (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Chasing Amy (1997) earned a reported $12.0M worldwide against a reported $250.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $11.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 48.09x. In this database it currently ranks #7,175 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #117 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,021,272
Budget
$250,000
Gross minus budget
$11,771,272
ROI
48.09x
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

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 4, 1997
Production
View Askew Productions, Miramax
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyView Askew Productions Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Chasing Amy is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from View Askew Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.0M, reported production budget is $250,000, gross-minus-budget is $11.8M, ROI is 48.09x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,175 all-time in the current chart set and #117 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.