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#6,073 All-time worldwide
#63 1988 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.5M
Budget
Gross minus budget
ROI

Domestic gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where For Keeps ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did For Keeps (1988) perform at the box office?

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For Keeps (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $17.5M. In this database it currently ranks #6,073 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #63 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,514,553
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

Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 15, 1988
Production
TriStar Pictures
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, For Keeps is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.5M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,073 all-time in the current chart set and #63 among 1988 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.