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#11,283 All-time worldwide
#195 1997 releases

Movie profile

Children of Heaven

1997 · 88 min · Kanoon

Drama Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $925,402
Budget $180,000
Gross minus budget $745,402
ROI 5.14x

Domestic gross

$397,923

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$527,479

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$119,377

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Children of Heaven ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #11,283 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #195 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Primary genre #4,999 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 Children of Heaven (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Children of Heaven (1997) earned a reported $925.4K worldwide against a reported $180.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $745.4K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.14x. In this database it currently ranks #11,283 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #195 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$925,402
Budget
$180,000
Gross minus budget
$745,402
ROI
5.14x
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

Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 1, 1997
Production
Kanoon, Miramax
Countries
IR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKanoon Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Children of Heaven is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Family title from Kanoon. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $925,402, reported production budget is $180,000, gross-minus-budget is $745,402, ROI is 5.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,283 all-time in the current chart set and #195 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.