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#10,273 All-time worldwide
#131 1987 releases

Movie profile

Mio in the Land of Faraway

1987 · 99 min · Nordisk Tonefilm

Adventure Drama Fantasy Family Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.3M
Budget $7.2M
Gross minus budget -$4.9M
ROI 0.32x

Domestic gross

$989,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$296,700

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mio in the Land of Faraway 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 #10,273 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #131 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Primary genre #1,931 Adventure of 2,138 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.

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Quick answer

How did Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987) earned a reported $2.3M worldwide against a reported $7.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.32x. In this database it currently ranks #10,273 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #131 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,300,000
Budget
$7,200,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,900,000
ROI
0.32x
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

Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 1, 1987
Production
Nordisk Tonefilm, Gorky Film Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet
Countries
NO, SU, SE

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Studio / production companyNordisk Tonefilm Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartFantasy Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Mio in the Land of Faraway is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, Fantasy title from Nordisk Tonefilm. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.3M, reported production budget is $7.2M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.9M, ROI is 0.32x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,273 all-time in the current chart set and #131 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.