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#11,737 All-time worldwide
#215 1997 releases

Movie profile

My Son the Fanatic

1997 · 88 min · Zephyr Films

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $408,339
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$204,170

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$204,169

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$36,751

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where My Son the Fanatic 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 #11,737 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #215 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #3 Zephyr Films of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Zephyr Films movie set. Primary genre #5,257 Drama of 5,859 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.

#11,734 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up 1995 · $413,479 #11,735 Tuvalu 1999 · $411,383 #11,736 Jude 1996 · $409,144 #11,738 Khandan 1965 · $408,198 #11,739 Journey to Shiloh 1968 · $407,500 #11,740 Slam Dance 1987 · $406,881

Quick answer

How did My Son the Fanatic (1997) perform at the box office?

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My Son the Fanatic (1997) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $408.3K. In this database it currently ranks #11,737 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #215 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$408,339
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 21, 1997
Production
Zephyr Films, BBC Film, BBC
Countries
FR, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyZephyr Films Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, My Son the Fanatic is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from Zephyr Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $408,339. For comparison, it currently sits #11,737 all-time in the current chart set and #215 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.