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#12,544 All-time worldwide
#60 1976 releases

Movie profile

Grey Gardens

1976 · 95 min · Portrait Films

Documentary
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $30,966
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$12,386

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$18,580

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3,468

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Grey Gardens 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 #12,544 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1976 releases #60 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1976. Primary genre #183 Documentary of 204 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.

#12,541 Diary of a Hitman 1991 · $31,815 #12,542 Seven Minutes in Heaven 1986 · $31,430 #12,543 Al Sharabiya 1987 · $31,000 #12,545 Crooked Hearts 1991 · $30,964 #12,546 Sans Soleil 1983 · $30,878 #12,547 La Chinoise 1967 · $30,857

Quick answer

How did Grey Gardens (1976) perform at the box office?

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Grey Gardens (1976) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $31.0K. In this database it currently ranks #12,544 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #60 among 1976 releases.

Worldwide gross
$30,966
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 19, 1976
Production
Portrait Films, Maysles Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1976, Grey Gardens is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary title from Portrait Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $30,966. For comparison, it currently sits #12,544 all-time in the current chart set and #60 among 1976 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.