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#5,041 All-time worldwide
#72 1994 releases

Movie profile

Speechless

1994 · 99 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Romance Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.1M
Budget $38.0M
Gross minus budget -$12.9M
ROI 0.66x

Domestic gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Speechless 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 #5,041 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #72 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #48 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #886 Romance of 2,607 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.

#5,037 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 1997 · $25.1M #5,039 Only the Lonely 1991 · $25.1M #5,040 Navy Seals 1990 · $25.1M #5,042 The Wood 1999 · $25.1M #5,043 Wyatt Earp 1994 · $25.1M #5,044 Free State of Jones 2016 · $25.0M

Quick answer

How did Speechless (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Speechless (1994) earned a reported $25.1M worldwide against a reported $38.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$12.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.66x. In this database it currently ranks #5,041 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #72 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,067,959
Budget
$38,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$12,932,041
ROI
0.66x
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

In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 16, 1994
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, Speechless is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Comedy title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.1M, reported production budget is $38.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$12.9M, ROI is 0.66x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,041 all-time in the current chart set and #72 among 1994 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.