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#9,172 All-time worldwide
#88 1982 releases

Movie profile

Frances

1982 · 140 min · Brooksfilms

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.0M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.0M
ROI 0.63x

Domestic gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$450,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Frances 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 #9,172 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #88 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Studio / company #7 Brooksfilms of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Brooksfilms movie set. Primary genre #3,935 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 Frances (1982) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Frances (1982) earned a reported $5.0M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.63x. In this database it currently ranks #9,172 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #88 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,000,000
ROI
0.63x
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 true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 3, 1982
Production
Brooksfilms, EMI Films, Associated Film Distribution
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBrooksfilms Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, Frances is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Brooksfilms. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.0M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.0M, ROI is 0.63x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,172 all-time in the current chart set and #88 among 1982 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.