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#9,482 All-time worldwide
#158 1997 releases

Movie profile

Meet Wally Sparks

1997 · 105 min · Largo Entertainment

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.1M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget -$7.9M
ROI 0.34x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$459,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Meet Wally Sparks 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 #9,482 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #158 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #9 Largo Entertainment of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Largo Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #3,686 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#9,479 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 1997 · $4.1M #9,480 This Boy's Life 1993 · $4.1M #9,481 Life Stinks 1991 · $4.1M #9,489 Dil Chahta Hai 2001 · $4.1M #9,490 Japanese Story 2003 · $4.1M #9,491 Man Trouble 1992 · $4.1M

Quick answer

How did Meet Wally Sparks (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Meet Wally Sparks (1997) earned a reported $4.1M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$7.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.34x. In this database it currently ranks #9,482 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #158 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,100,000
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$7,900,000
ROI
0.34x
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

Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor's mansion to uncover a sex scandal.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 31, 1997
Production
Largo Entertainment, Thinkfactory Media, JVC
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyLargo Entertainment Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Meet Wally Sparks is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Largo Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.1M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$7.9M, ROI is 0.34x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,482 all-time in the current chart set and #158 among 1997 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.