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#5,620 All-time worldwide
#89 1995 releases

Movie profile

Showgirls

1995 · 131 min · Chargeurs

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $20.4M
Budget $45.0M
Gross minus budget -$24.6M
ROI 0.45x

Domestic gross

$10.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Showgirls 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 #5,620 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #89 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Primary genre #2,250 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 Showgirls (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Showgirls (1995) earned a reported $20.4M worldwide against a reported $45.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$24.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.45x. In this database it currently ranks #5,620 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #89 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$20,367,472
Budget
$45,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$24,632,528
ROI
0.45x
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

Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 22, 1995
Production
Chargeurs, Charles Evans Productions, Carolco Pictures
Countries
US, FR

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Showgirls is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Chargeurs. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $20.4M, reported production budget is $45.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$24.6M, ROI is 0.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,620 all-time in the current chart set and #89 among 1995 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.