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#10,528 All-time worldwide
#148 1991 releases

Movie profile

Madame Bovary

1991 · 143 min · Mk2 Films

Romance Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$971,212

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$971,211

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$174,818

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Madame Bovary 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 #10,528 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #148 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #4 Mk2 Films of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Mk2 Films movie set. Primary genre #2,097 Romance of 2,607 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.

#10,525 800 Bullets 2002 · $1.9M #10,526 The Legend of Nigger Charley 1972 · $1.9M #10,527 Happy, Texas 1999 · $1.9M #10,529 Spellbinder 1988 · $1.9M #10,530 Masterminds 1997 · $1.9M #10,531 Erik the Viking 1989 · $1.9M

Quick answer

How did Madame Bovary (1991) perform at the box office?

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Madame Bovary (1991) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.9M. In this database it currently ranks #10,528 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #148 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,942,423
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

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 3, 1991
Production
MK2 Films, CED Productions, FR3 Films Production
Countries
FR

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Madame Bovary is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama, History title from MK2 Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,528 all-time in the current chart set and #148 among 1991 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.