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#10,536 All-time worldwide
#184 1997 releases

Movie profile

Kiss Me, Guido

1997 · 86 min · Redeemable Features

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.9M
Budget $740,000
Gross minus budget $1.2M
ROI 2.59x

Domestic gross

$767,399

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$214,872

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kiss Me, Guido 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 #10,536 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #184 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #1 Redeemable Features of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Redeemable Features movie set. Primary genre #4,065 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 Kiss Me, Guido (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kiss Me, Guido (1997) earned a reported $1.9M worldwide against a reported $740.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.59x. In this database it currently ranks #10,536 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #184 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,918,497
Budget
$740,000
Gross minus budget
$1,178,497
ROI
2.59x
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

When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren, who's in desperate need of this month's rent.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 18, 1997
Production
Redeemable Features, Capitol Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyRedeemable Features Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Kiss Me, Guido is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Redeemable Features. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M, reported production budget is $740,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.2M, ROI is 2.59x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,536 all-time in the current chart set and #184 among 1997 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.