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#12,011 All-time worldwide
#235 1997 releases

Movie profile

Hard Eight

1997 · 102 min · Trinity Filmed Entertainment

Drama Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $222,559
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.8M
ROI 0.07x

Domestic gross

$111,280

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$111,279

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$20,030

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hard Eight 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 #12,011 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #235 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Primary genre #5,413 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 Hard Eight (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hard Eight (1997) earned a reported $222.6K worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.07x. In this database it currently ranks #12,011 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #235 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$222,559
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,777,441
ROI
0.07x
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

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 28, 1997
Production
Trinity Filmed Entertainment, Rysher Entertainment, Green Parrot
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyTrinity Filmed Entertainment Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Hard Eight is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Crime title from Trinity Filmed Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $222,559, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.8M, ROI is 0.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,011 all-time in the current chart set and #235 among 1997 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.