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#8,928 All-time worldwide
#156 1999 releases

Movie profile

East/West

1999 · 121 min · Ugc Ym

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.0M
Budget $11.5M
Gross minus budget -$5.5M
ROI 0.52x

Domestic gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$542,880

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where East/West 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 #8,928 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #156 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Primary genre #3,803 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 East/West (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

East/West (1999) earned a reported $6.0M worldwide against a reported $11.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.52x. In this database it currently ranks #8,928 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #156 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,032,000
Budget
$11,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,468,000
ROI
0.52x
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

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 1, 1999
Production
UGC YM, France 3 Cinéma, Not relevant
Countries
BG, FR, RU, ES

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUgc Ym Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, East/West is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from UGC YM. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.0M, reported production budget is $11.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.5M, ROI is 0.52x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,928 all-time in the current chart set and #156 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.