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#6,491 All-time worldwide
#105 1994 releases

Movie profile

Muriel's Wedding

1994 · 106 min · Ci By 2000

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.1M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $12.1M
ROI 5.04x

Domestic gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Muriel's Wedding 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 #6,491 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #105 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #2 Ci By 2000 of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Ci By 2000 movie set. Primary genre #2,522 Comedy of 4,840 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.

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Quick answer

How did Muriel's Wedding (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Muriel's Wedding (1994) earned a reported $15.1M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.04x. In this database it currently ranks #6,491 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #105 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,119,639
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$12,119,639
ROI
5.04x
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

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 29, 1994
Production
CiBy 2000, Film Victoria, House & Moorhouse Films
Countries
AU, FR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCi By 2000 Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, Muriel's Wedding is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from CiBy 2000. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.1M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $12.1M, ROI is 5.04x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,491 all-time in the current chart set and #105 among 1994 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.