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#10,443 All-time worldwide
#137 1987 releases

Movie profile

Sweet Country

1987 · 150 min · Box Office Data

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.0M
Budget $3.2M
Gross minus budget -$1.2M
ROI 0.63x

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$180,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sweet Country 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 #10,443 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #137 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Primary genre #4,561 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.

#10,440 The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · $2.0M #10,441 Betty Blue 1986 · $2.0M #10,442 Nemesis 1992 · $2.0M #10,500 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 · $2.0M #10,501 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,502 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did Sweet Country (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Sweet Country (1987) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $3.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.63x. In this database it currently ranks #10,443 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #137 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Budget
$3,200,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,200,000
ROI
0.63x
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

An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's 1973 overthrow.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 23, 1987
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
GR, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Sweet Country is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $3.2M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.2M, ROI is 0.63x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,443 all-time in the current chart set and #137 among 1987 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.