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#12,412 All-time worldwide
#218 1994 releases

Movie profile

It Runs in the Family

1994 · 85 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Comedy Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $70,936
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.9M
ROI 0.00x

Domestic gross

$30,502

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$40,434

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9,151

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where It Runs in the Family 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 #12,412 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #218 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #279 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #4,704 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 It Runs in the Family (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

It Runs in the Family (1994) earned a reported $70.9K worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,412 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #218 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$70,936
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,929,064
ROI
0.00x
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

It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus, while eagerly awaiting the discovery of the perfect fishing spot, and the Mother is attempting to collect all of the pieces of a glass china set at a local movie theater.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 23, 1994
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, It Runs in the Family is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Family title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $70,936, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.9M, ROI is 0.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,412 all-time in the current chart set and #218 among 1994 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.