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#8,615 All-time worldwide
#113 1992 releases

Movie profile

Lorenzo's Oil

1992 · 135 min · Kennedy Miller Productions

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.3M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$22.7M
ROI 0.24x

Domestic gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$657,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lorenzo's Oil 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 #8,615 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #113 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #7 Kennedy Miller Productions of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Kennedy Miller Productions movie set. Primary genre #3,650 Drama of 5,859 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 Lorenzo's Oil (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lorenzo's Oil (1992) earned a reported $7.3M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$22.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.24x. In this database it currently ranks #8,615 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #113 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,300,000
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$22,700,000
ROI
0.24x
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

Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 30, 1992
Production
Kennedy Miller Productions
Countries
AU

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKennedy Miller Productions Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Lorenzo's Oil is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Kennedy Miller Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.3M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$22.7M, ROI is 0.24x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,615 all-time in the current chart set and #113 among 1992 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.