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#10,027 All-time worldwide
#170 1995 releases

Movie profile

Othello

1995 · 123 min · Castle Rock Entertainment

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.8M
Budget $11.0M
Gross minus budget -$8.2M
ROI 0.25x

Domestic gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$252,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Othello 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 #10,027 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #170 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #45 Castle Rock Entertainment of 48 titles Position inside the mapped Castle Rock Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #4,357 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.

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Quick answer

How did Othello (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Othello (1995) earned a reported $2.8M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$8.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.25x. In this database it currently ranks #10,027 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #170 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,800,000
Budget
$11,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$8,200,000
ROI
0.25x
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

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 15, 1995
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment, Dakota Films
Countries
GB, US

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Studio / production companyCastle Rock Entertainment Release year chart1995 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Othello is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Castle Rock Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.8M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$8.2M, ROI is 0.25x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,027 all-time in the current chart set and #170 among 1995 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.