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#8,863 All-time worldwide
#135 1993 releases

Movie profile

Farewell My Concubine

1993 · 171 min · Beijing Film Studio

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.4M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $2.4M
ROI 1.60x

Domestic gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$576,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Farewell My Concubine 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 #8,863 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #135 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #3 Beijing Film Studio of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Beijing Film Studio movie set. Primary genre #3,770 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 Farewell My Concubine (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Farewell My Concubine (1993) earned a reported $6.4M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.60x. In this database it currently ranks #8,863 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #135 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,400,000
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,400,000
ROI
1.60x
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 an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 1, 1993
Production
Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production, Tomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd.
Countries
CN, HK

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Farewell My Concubine is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Beijing Film Studio. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.4M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.4M, ROI is 1.60x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,863 all-time in the current chart set and #135 among 1993 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.