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#12,289 All-time worldwide
#144 1982 releases

Movie profile

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982 · 78 min · Kultur Video

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $100,000
Budget $1.0M
Gross minus budget -$900,000
ROI 0.10x

Domestic gross

$50,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$50,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 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 #12,289 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #144 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Primary genre #5,554 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 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982) perform at the box office?

High confidence

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982) earned a reported $100.0K worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$900.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.10x. In this database it currently ranks #12,289 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #144 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$100,000
Budget
$1,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$900,000
ROI
0.10x
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

The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning landmark play. A breakthrough portrayal of black women's experiences in America, the story combines music, poetry and dance to celebrate their unique culture while painting a poignant portrait of their terrible struggles.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 23, 1982
Production
Kultur Video, Broadway Theatre Archive
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyKultur Video Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Kultur Video. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $100,000, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$900,000, ROI is 0.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,289 all-time in the current chart set and #144 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.