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#9,107 All-time worldwide
#97 1987 releases

Movie profile

Gardens of Stone

1987 · 111 min · Tri Star Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.3M
Budget $13.5M
Gross minus budget -$8.2M
ROI 0.39x

Domestic gross

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$473,584

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gardens of Stone ranks

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Quick answer

How did Gardens of Stone (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Gardens of Stone (1987) earned a reported $5.3M worldwide against a reported $13.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$8.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.39x. In this database it currently ranks #9,107 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #97 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,262,047
Budget
$13,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$8,237,953
ROI
0.39x
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

At Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam era, veteran sergeant Clell Hazard trains young soldiers while mourning those lost in combat. Unable to return to war himself, he mentors Jackie Willow—the idealistic son of a fallen comrade—hoping to prepare him for the realities of Vietnam and the cost of duty.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 5, 1987
Production
TriStar Pictures, Michael I. Levy Productions, American Zoetrope
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Gardens of Stone is positioned in this dataset as a War, Drama, History title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.3M, reported production budget is $13.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$8.2M, ROI is 0.39x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,107 all-time in the current chart set and #97 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.