#2,083 All-time worldwide

#17 1989 releases

Movie profile

Steel Magnolias

Name: Steel Magnolias
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1989-11-15
Duration: 118 min

1989 · 118 min · Rastar Productions

Comedy Drama Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $95.9M

Budget $15.0M

Gross minus budget $80.9M

ROI 6.39x

Domestic gross

$48.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$48.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Steel Magnolias ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,083 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #17 Release-year chart position of 219 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #1 Rastar Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Rastar Productions movie set. Primary genre #773 Comedy of 4,945 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 Steel Magnolias (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Steel Magnolias (1989) earned a reported $95.9M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $80.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.39x. In this database it currently ranks #2,083 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #17 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross: $95,904,091
Budget: $15,000,000
Gross minus budget: $80,904,091
ROI: 6.39x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 15, 1989
Production: Rastar Productions, TriStar Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyRastar Productions Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Steel Magnolias is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Rastar Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $95.9M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $80.9M, ROI is 6.39x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,083 all-time in the current chart set and #17 among 1989 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.