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#7,603 All-time worldwide
#126 1997 releases

Movie profile

Mad City

1997 · 114 min · Arnold Kopelson Productions

Thriller Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.5M
Budget $50.0M
Gross minus budget -$39.5M
ROI 0.21x

Domestic gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$945,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mad City 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 #7,603 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #126 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #2 Arnold Kopelson Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Arnold Kopelson Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,727 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#7,600 Where the Boys Are 1984 · $10.5M #7,601 Get Low 2010 · $10.5M #7,602 Getaway 2013 · $10.5M #7,607 American Ninja 1985 · $10.5M #7,608 I Am Dragon 2015 · $10.5M #7,609 One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island 2005 · $10.5M

Quick answer

How did Mad City (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mad City (1997) earned a reported $10.5M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$39.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.21x. In this database it currently ranks #7,603 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #126 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,500,000
Budget
$50,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$39,500,000
ROI
0.21x
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 misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 7, 1997
Production
Arnold Kopelson Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Punch Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyArnold Kopelson Productions Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Mad City is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Drama title from Arnold Kopelson Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.5M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$39.5M, ROI is 0.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,603 all-time in the current chart set and #126 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.