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#4,685 All-time worldwide
#84 1997 releases

Movie profile

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

1997 · 92 min · Touchstone Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.2M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $9.2M
ROI 1.46x

Domestic gross

$11.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 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 #4,685 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #84 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #64 Touchstone Pictures of 113 titles Position inside the mapped Touchstone Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,799 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 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) earned a reported $29.2M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.46x. In this database it currently ranks #4,685 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #84 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,235,353
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,235,353
ROI
1.46x
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 not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 25, 1997
Production
Touchstone Pictures, Bungalow 78 Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Touchstone Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.2M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.2M, ROI is 1.46x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,685 all-time in the current chart set and #84 among 1997 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.