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#4,456 All-time worldwide
#79 1997 releases

Movie profile

For Richer or Poorer

1997 · 115 min · Yorktown Productions

Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.6M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.4M
ROI 0.90x

Domestic gross

$12.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$19.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where For Richer or Poorer ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #4,456 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #79 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Primary genre #1,700 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 For Richer or Poorer (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

For Richer or Poorer (1997) earned a reported $31.6M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.90x. In this database it currently ranks #4,456 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #79 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$31,611,225
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,388,775
ROI
0.90x
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

Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to go on the lam, Brad and Caroline end up in an Amish area of Pennsylvania and decide to pose as members of the religious group to evade the IRS. As the two adapt to the simple Amish lifestyle, they begin to reconnect.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 11, 1997
Production
Yorktown Productions, The Bubble Factory, Sheinberg Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyYorktown Productions Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, For Richer or Poorer is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from Yorktown Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.6M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.4M, ROI is 0.90x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,456 all-time in the current chart set and #79 among 1997 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.