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#7,532 All-time worldwide
#111 1993 releases

Movie profile

Gettysburg

1993 · 254 min · Esparza / Katz Productions

Drama History War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.8M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$9.2M
ROI 0.54x

Domestic gross

$5.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$969,296

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gettysburg 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 #7,532 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #111 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #2 Esparza / Katz Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Esparza / Katz Productions movie set. Franchise #2 American Civil War of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #3,142 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 Gettysburg (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Gettysburg (1993) earned a reported $10.8M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$9.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.54x. In this database it currently ranks #7,532 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #111 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,769,960
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$9,230,040
ROI
0.54x
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

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 8, 1993
Production
Esparza / Katz Productions, Turner Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyEsparza / Katz Productions FranchiseAmerican Civil War Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartHistory Genre chartWar

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Gettysburg is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History, War title from Esparza / Katz Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.8M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$9.2M, ROI is 0.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,532 all-time in the current chart set and #111 among 1993 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.