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#2,848 All-time worldwide
#32 1992 releases

Movie profile

My Cousin Vinny

1992 · 119 min · Palo Vista Productions

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $64.1M
Budget $11.0M
Gross minus budget $53.1M
ROI 5.83x

Domestic gross

$32.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$32.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where My Cousin Vinny ranks

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Quick answer

How did My Cousin Vinny (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

My Cousin Vinny (1992) earned a reported $64.1M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $53.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.83x. In this database it currently ranks #2,848 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #32 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$64,088,552
Budget
$11,000,000
Gross minus budget
$53,088,552
ROI
5.83x
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 carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 13, 1992
Production
Palo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., 20th Century Fox
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, My Cousin Vinny is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Palo Vista Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $64.1M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is $53.1M, ROI is 5.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,848 all-time in the current chart set and #32 among 1992 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.