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#4,216 All-time worldwide
#40 1988 releases

Movie profile

Mississippi Burning

1988 · 128 min · Orion Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $34.6M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $19.6M
ROI 2.31x

Domestic gross

$17.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mississippi Burning ranks

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Quick answer

How did Mississippi Burning (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mississippi 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
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

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.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 8, 1988
Production
Orion Pictures, Frederick Zollo Productions
Countries
US

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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.

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.