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#7,594 All-time worldwide
#134 1999 releases

Movie profile

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999 · 98 min · Capella International

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.6M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $571,408
ROI 1.06x

Domestic gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Drop Dead Gorgeous 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 #7,594 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #134 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #2 Capella International of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Capella International movie set. Primary genre #2,955 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 Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) earned a reported $10.6M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $571.4K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.06x. In this database it currently ranks #7,594 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #134 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,571,408
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$571,408
ROI
1.06x
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

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 16, 1999
Production
Capella International, KC Medien AG
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCapella International Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Drop Dead Gorgeous is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Capella International. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.6M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $571,408, ROI is 1.06x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,594 all-time in the current chart set and #134 among 1999 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.