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#9,579 All-time worldwide
#174 1999 releases

Movie profile

King of Comedy

1999 · 89 min · Star Overseas

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$346,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where King of Comedy 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 #9,579 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #174 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #4 Star Overseas of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Star Overseas movie set. Primary genre #3,722 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.

#9,576 Romance 1999 · $3.9M #9,577 The Snow Queen and the Princess 2022 · $3.9M #9,578 Fight Back to School 3 1993 · $3.9M #9,580 Me, Myself & I: Lost in Time 2022 · $3.8M #9,581 Kings & Queen 2004 · $3.8M #9,582 Lost Highway 1997 · $3.8M

Quick answer

How did King of Comedy (1999) perform at the box office?

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King of Comedy (1999) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $3.9M. In this database it currently ranks #9,579 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #174 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,850,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Wan Tin-Sau is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community center.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 8, 1999
Production
Star Overseas
Countries
HK

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyStar Overseas Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, King of Comedy is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Star Overseas. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,579 all-time in the current chart set and #174 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.