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#5,951 All-time worldwide
#104 1998 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.3M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.7M
ROI 0.91x

Domestic gross

$7.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Simon Birch ranks

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Quick answer

How did Simon Birch (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Simon Birch (1998) earned a reported $18.3M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.91x. In this database it currently ranks #5,951 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #104 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,253,415
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,746,585
ROI
0.91x
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

Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 11, 1998
Production
Hollywood Pictures, Caravan Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Simon Birch is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Family title from Hollywood Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.3M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.7M, ROI is 0.91x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,951 all-time in the current chart set and #104 among 1998 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.