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#11,361 All-time worldwide
#170 1991 releases

Movie profile

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991 · 117 min · Thirteen

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $805,104
Budget $2.5M
Gross minus budget -$1.7M
ROI 0.32x

Domestic gross

$402,552

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$402,552

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$72,459

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead ranks

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Quick answer

How did Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) earned a reported $805.1K worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.32x. In this database it currently ranks #11,361 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #170 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$805,104
Budget
$2,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,694,896
ROI
0.32x
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

Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 8, 1991
Production
Thirteen, Brandenberg
Countries
GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Thirteen. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $805,104, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.7M, ROI is 0.32x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,361 all-time in the current chart set and #170 among 1991 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.