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#3,415 All-time worldwide
#62 1997 releases

Movie profile

Money Talks

1997 · 97 min · New Line Cinema

Action Comedy Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $48.4M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget $23.4M
ROI 1.94x

Domestic gross

$19.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$29.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Money Talks 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 #3,415 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #62 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #77 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #1,185 Action of 2,939 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.

#3,412 Magnolia 1999 · $48.5M #3,413 Mr. Brooks 2007 · $48.4M #3,414 9 2009 · $48.4M #3,416 The Paper 1994 · $48.4M #3,417 Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior 2020 · $48.4M #3,418 Girl, Interrupted 1999 · $48.4M

Quick answer

How did Money Talks (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Money Talks (1997) earned a reported $48.4M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $23.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.94x. In this database it currently ranks #3,415 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #62 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$48,407,611
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
$23,407,611
ROI
1.94x
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

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 22, 1997
Production
New Line Cinema, Juno Pix, Sheen/Michaels Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Money Talks is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Crime title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $48.4M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is $23.4M, ROI is 1.94x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,415 all-time in the current chart set and #62 among 1997 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.