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#4,865 All-time worldwide
#68 1994 releases

Movie profile

Guarding Tess

1994 · 96 min · Channel Films

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.1M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $7.1M
ROI 1.35x

Domestic gross

$13.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Guarding Tess ranks

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Quick answer

How did Guarding Tess (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Guarding Tess (1994) earned a reported $27.1M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.35x. In this database it currently ranks #4,865 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #68 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,058,304
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,058,304
ROI
1.35x
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

Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed, and—after returning—wants off her detail as she is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 11, 1994
Production
Channel Films, TriStar Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, Guarding Tess is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Channel Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.1M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.1M, ROI is 1.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,865 all-time in the current chart set and #68 among 1994 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.