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#9,511 All-time worldwide
#172 1999 releases

Movie profile

Human Traffic

1999 · 100 min · Fruit Salad Films

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $600,000
Gross minus budget $3.4M
ROI 6.67x

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$360,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Human Traffic ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #172 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Primary genre #3,697 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 Human Traffic (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Human Traffic (1999) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $600.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.67x. In this database it currently ranks #9,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #172 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Budget
$600,000
Gross minus budget
$3,400,000
ROI
6.67x
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

For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 4, 1999
Production
Fruit Salad Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Countries
GB, IE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyFruit Salad Films Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Human Traffic is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Fruit Salad Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $600,000, gross-minus-budget is $3.4M, ROI is 6.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,511 all-time in the current chart set and #172 among 1999 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.