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#12,184 All-time worldwide
#206 1987 releases

Movie profile

Gaby: A True Story

1987 · 110 min · Tri Star Pictures

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $125,400
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.9M
ROI 0.03x

Domestic gross

$62,700

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$62,700

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11,286

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gaby: A True Story 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 #12,184 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #206 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #94 Tri Star Pictures of 96 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Pictures movie set. Primary genre #5,499 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.

#12,181 The Hotel of Love Affairs 1983 · $127,761 #12,182 Hustler White 1996 · $127,251 #12,183 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow 1994 · $126,247 #12,185 The Night Flier 1997 · $125,397 #12,186 The In Crowd 1988 · $124,880 #12,187 Oleanna 1994 · $124,693

Quick answer

How did Gaby: A True Story (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Gaby: A True Story (1987) earned a reported $125.4K worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.03x. In this database it currently ranks #12,184 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #206 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$125,400
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,874,600
ROI
0.03x
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 life of Gaby Brimmer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 30, 1987
Production
TriStar Pictures
Countries
MX, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTri Star Pictures Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Gaby: A True Story is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $125,400, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.9M, ROI is 0.03x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,184 all-time in the current chart set and #206 among 1987 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.