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#5,593 All-time worldwide
#171 2018 releases

Movie profile

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018 · 120 min · Annapurna Pictures

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $20.6M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $8.6M
ROI 1.71x

Domestic gross

$10.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where If Beale Street Could Talk 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 #5,593 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2018 releases #171 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2018. Studio / company #8 Annapurna Pictures of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Annapurna Pictures movie set. Primary genre #994 Romance of 2,607 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 If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) perform at the box office?

High confidence

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) earned a reported $20.6M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.71x. In this database it currently ranks #5,593 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #171 among 2018 releases.

Worldwide gross
$20,572,691
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$8,572,691
ROI
1.71x
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

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 14, 2018
Production
Annapurna Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, PASTEL
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2018, If Beale Street Could Talk is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Annapurna Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $20.6M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $8.6M, ROI is 1.71x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,593 all-time in the current chart set and #171 among 2018 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.