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#2,852 All-time worldwide
#54 1997 releases

Movie profile

In & Out

1997 · 90 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $63.9M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget $28.9M
ROI 1.83x

Domestic gross

$25.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$38.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where In & Out 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 #2,852 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #54 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #145 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,074 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 In & Out (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

In & Out (1997) earned a reported $63.9M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $28.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.83x. In this database it currently ranks #2,852 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #54 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$63,900,000
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
$28,900,000
ROI
1.83x
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 midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 10, 1997
Production
Paramount Pictures, Spelling Films, Scott Rudin Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, In & Out is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $63.9M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $28.9M, ROI is 1.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,852 all-time in the current chart set and #54 among 1997 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.