#1,598 All-time worldwide

#15 1989 releases

Movie profile

Parenthood

Name: Parenthood
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1989-07-31
Duration: 124 min

1989 · 124 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $126.3M

Budget $20.0M

Gross minus budget $106.3M

ROI 6.31x

Domestic gross

$63.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$63.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Parenthood ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,598 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 219 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #92 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #578 Comedy of 4,945 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 Parenthood (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Parenthood (1989) earned a reported $126.3M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $106.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.31x. In this database it currently ranks #1,598 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross: $126,297,830
Budget: $20,000,000
Gross minus budget: $106,297,830
ROI: 6.31x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 31, 1989
Production: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Parenthood is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $126.3M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $106.3M, ROI is 6.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,598 all-time in the current chart set and #15 among 1989 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.