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#8,604 All-time worldwide
#103 1991 releases

Movie profile

Mississippi Masala

1991 · 118 min · Cinecom Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.3M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $2.3M
ROI 1.47x

Domestic gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$659,926

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mississippi Masala ranks

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Quick answer

How did Mississippi Masala (1991) perform at the box office?

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Mississippi 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
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

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.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 18, 1991
Production
Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film Four International
Countries
GB, US

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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.

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.