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#8,751 All-time worldwide
#74 1982 releases

Movie profile

Fanny and Alexander

1982 · 188 min · Cinematograph Ab

Fantasy Drama Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.8M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $800,000
ROI 1.13x

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$612,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fanny and Alexander 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 #8,751 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #74 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Primary genre #1,030 Fantasy of 1,285 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 Fanny and Alexander (1982) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fanny and Alexander (1982) earned a reported $6.8M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $800.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.13x. In this database it currently ranks #8,751 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #74 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,800,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$800,000
ROI
1.13x
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

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 1982
Production
Cinematograph AB, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT
Countries
SE, DE, FR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCinematograph Ab Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, Fanny and Alexander is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Drama, Mystery title from Cinematograph AB. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.8M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $800,000, ROI is 1.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,751 all-time in the current chart set and #74 among 1982 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.