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#10,198 All-time worldwide
#127 1987 releases

Movie profile

Maurice

1987 · 140 min · Merchant Ivory Productions

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.4M
Budget $2.6M
Gross minus budget -$161,696
ROI 0.94x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$219,447

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Maurice 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 #10,198 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #4 Merchant Ivory Productions of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Merchant Ivory Productions movie set. Primary genre #4,435 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.

#10,195 My Beautiful Laundrette 1985 · $2.5M #10,196 The Man Who Wasn't There 1983 · $2.4M #10,197 Table for Five 1983 · $2.4M #10,199 Son of the Pink Panther 1993 · $2.4M #10,200 THX 1138 1971 · $2.4M #10,201 Pickled Pink 1965 · $2.4M

Quick answer

How did Maurice (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Maurice (1987) earned a reported $2.4M worldwide against a reported $2.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$161.7K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.94x. In this database it currently ranks #10,198 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,438,304
Budget
$2,600,000
Gross minus budget
-$161,696
ROI
0.94x
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

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 18, 1987
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions, Cinecom Pictures, Film Four International
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMerchant Ivory Productions Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Maurice is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Merchant Ivory Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.4M, reported production budget is $2.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$161,696, ROI is 0.94x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,198 all-time in the current chart set and #127 among 1987 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.