#1,688 All-time worldwide

#14 1991 releases

Movie profile

Fried Green Tomatoes

Name: Fried Green Tomatoes
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1991-12-27
Duration: 130 min

1991 · 130 min · Universal Pictures

Drama Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $119.4M

Budget $11.0M

Gross minus budget $108.4M

ROI 10.86x

Domestic gross

$59.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$59.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$10.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fried Green Tomatoes ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,688 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 230 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #98 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #507 Drama of 6,006 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.

#1,685 Allied 2016 · $119.5M #1,686 Blazing Saddles 1974 · $119.5M #1,687 Charlie Wilson's War 2007 · $119.5M #1,689 On Golden Pond 1981 · $119.3M #1,690 Sahara 2005 · $119.3M #1,691 Beverly Hills Cop III 1994 · $119.2M

Quick answer

How did Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) earned a reported $119.4M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $108.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.86x. In this database it currently ranks #1,688 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross: $119,418,501
Budget: $11,000,000
Gross minus budget: $108,418,501
ROI: 10.86x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 27, 1991
Production: Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Fried Green Tomatoes is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $119.4M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is $108.4M, ROI is 10.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,688 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1991 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.