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#10,590 All-time worldwide
#187 1998 releases

Movie profile

Hurlyburly

1998 · 122 min · Fine Line Features

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.8M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.2M
ROI 0.45x

Domestic gross

$904,002

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$904,002

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$162,720

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hurlyburly 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 #10,590 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #187 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #8 Fine Line Features of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Fine Line Features movie set. Primary genre #4,085 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 Hurlyburly (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hurlyburly (1998) earned a reported $1.8M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.45x. In this database it currently ranks #10,590 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #187 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,808,004
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,191,996
ROI
0.45x
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 group of actors and their casting agents try to find a direction in their lives whilst coming to terms with their personal problems and relationship conflicts.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 25, 1998
Production
Fine Line Features, FilmColony, Storm Entertainment
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyFine Line Features Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Hurlyburly is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Fine Line Features. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.8M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.2M, ROI is 0.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,590 all-time in the current chart set and #187 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.