Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$17.3M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$17.3M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$3.1M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where Mississippi Burning ranks
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How did Mississippi Burning (1988) perform at the box office?
High confidenceMississippi Burning (1988) earned a reported $34.6M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $19.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.31x. In this database it currently ranks #4,216 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1988 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $34,604,000
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- $19,604,000
- ROI
- 2.31x
Synopsis
Story
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1988, Mississippi Burning is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Crime, Mystery title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $34.6M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $19.6M, ROI is 2.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,216 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1988 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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