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#8,927 All-time worldwide
#155 1999 releases

Movie profile

Foolish

1999 · 84 min · Shooting Star Pictures

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$543,060

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Foolish ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #8,927 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #155 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Primary genre #3,485 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 Foolish (1999) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Foolish (1999) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $6.0M. In this database it currently ranks #8,927 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #155 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,033,999
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA while his brother is a hard-nosed gangster trying to make it on the streets. With all the competition they face in their chosen "professions," their biggest battle is with each other over the love of a pretty girl.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 9, 1999
Production
Shooting Star Pictures, No Limit Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyShooting Star Pictures Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Foolish is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Shooting Star Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,927 all-time in the current chart set and #155 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.