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#11,946 All-time worldwide
#197 1991 releases

Movie profile

Closet Land

1991 · 94 min · Universal Pictures

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $259,012
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.7M
ROI 0.06x

Domestic gross

$129,506

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$129,506

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$23,311

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Closet Land 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 #11,946 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #197 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #371 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #5,369 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.

#11,943 Chattahoochee 1990 · $259,486 #11,944 El día del presidente 1979 · $259,085 #11,945 Illegally Yours 1988 · $259,019 #11,947 The Man with Rain in His Shoes 1998 · $258,464 #11,948 Foxfire 1996 · $258,263 #11,949 Atilano, presidente 1998 · $257,817

Quick answer

How did Closet Land (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Closet Land (1991) earned a reported $259.0K worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.06x. In this database it currently ranks #11,946 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #197 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$259,012
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,740,988
ROI
0.06x
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

A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 6, 1991
Production
Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Closet Land is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $259,012, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.7M, ROI is 0.06x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,946 all-time in the current chart set and #197 among 1991 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.