Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$3.7M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$3.7M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$659,926
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Where Mississippi Masala ranks
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Quick answer
How did Mississippi Masala (1991) perform at the box office?
High confidenceMississippi Masala (1991) earned a reported $7.3M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.47x. In this database it currently ranks #8,604 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #103 among 1991 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $7,332,515
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- $2,332,515
- ROI
- 1.47x
Synopsis
Story
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African-American communities.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1991, Mississippi Masala is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Cinecom Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.3M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.3M, ROI is 1.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,604 all-time in the current chart set and #103 among 1991 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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