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#11,142 All-time worldwide
#160 1987 releases

Movie profile

Housekeeping

1987 · 116 min · Columbia Pictures

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$541,641

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$541,641

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$97,495

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Housekeeping 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 #11,142 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #160 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #262 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,269 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.

#11,139 This Is My Father 1999 · $1.1M #11,140 The Outing 1987 · $1.1M #11,140 Scream 1981 · $1.1M #11,143 Brother 2 2000 · $1.1M #11,144 Sordid Lives 2000 · $1.1M #11,145 The Student Teachers 1973 · $1.1M

Quick answer

How did Housekeeping (1987) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Housekeeping (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.1M. In this database it currently ranks #11,142 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #160 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,083,282
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

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 25, 1987
Production
Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Housekeeping is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #11,142 all-time in the current chart set and #160 among 1987 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.