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#5,309 All-time worldwide
#59 1991 releases

Movie profile

Frankie and Johnny

1991 · 118 min · Paramount Pictures

Drama Romance Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.8M
Budget $29.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.2M
ROI 0.79x

Domestic gross

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Frankie and Johnny 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 #5,309 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #59 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #233 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,105 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 Frankie and Johnny (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Frankie and Johnny (1991) earned a reported $22.8M worldwide against a reported $29.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.79x. In this database it currently ranks #5,309 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #59 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,773,535
Budget
$29,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,226,465
ROI
0.79x
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

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 11, 1991
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Frankie and Johnny is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.8M, reported production budget is $29.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.2M, ROI is 0.79x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,309 all-time in the current chart set and #59 among 1991 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.