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#3,412 All-time worldwide
#65 1999 releases

Movie profile

Magnolia

1999 · 189 min · New Line Cinema

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $48.5M
Budget $37.0M
Gross minus budget $11.5M
ROI 1.31x

Domestic gross

$24.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$24.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Magnolia 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 #3,412 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #65 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #76 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #1,219 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.

#3,409 Little White Lies 2010 · $48.5M #3,410 Midsommar 2019 · $48.5M #3,411 Logan Lucky 2017 · $48.5M #3,413 Mr. Brooks 2007 · $48.4M #3,414 9 2009 · $48.4M #3,415 Money Talks 1997 · $48.4M

Quick answer

How did Magnolia (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Magnolia (1999) earned a reported $48.5M worldwide against a reported $37.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $11.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.31x. In this database it currently ranks #3,412 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #65 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$48,451,803
Budget
$37,000,000
Gross minus budget
$11,451,803
ROI
1.31x
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

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 1999
Production
New Line Cinema, Ghoulardi Film Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Magnolia is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $48.5M, reported production budget is $37.0M, gross-minus-budget is $11.5M, ROI is 1.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,412 all-time in the current chart set and #65 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.