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#10,027 All-time worldwide
#174 1998 releases

Movie profile

Happiness

1998 · 140 min · Good Machine

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.8M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget -$200,000
ROI 0.93x

Domestic gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$252,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Happiness 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 #10,027 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #174 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #3 Good Machine of 6 titles Position inside the mapped Good Machine movie set. Primary genre #3,884 Comedy of 4,840 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 Happiness (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Happiness (1998) earned a reported $2.8M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$200.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.93x. In this database it currently ranks #10,027 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #174 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,800,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$200,000
ROI
0.93x
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 lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 11, 1998
Production
Good Machine, Killer Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyGood Machine FranchiseHappiness Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Happiness is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Good Machine. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.8M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$200,000, ROI is 0.93x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,027 all-time in the current chart set and #174 among 1998 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.