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#12,094 All-time worldwide
#205 1991 releases

Movie profile

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991 · 101 min · Merchant Ivory Productions

Drama Romance Comedy Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $184,890
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$92,445

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$92,445

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$16,640

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Ballad of the Sad Cafe 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 #12,094 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #205 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #8 Merchant Ivory Productions of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Merchant Ivory Productions movie set. Primary genre #5,453 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.

#12,091 Murder in the Central Committee 1982 · $185,916 #12,092 The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1995 · $185,898 #12,093 In the Lap of God 1991 · $185,544 #12,095 Robinson Crusoe 1997 · $183,886 #12,096 Good Morning, Babylon 1987 · $183,700 #12,097 Objetivo: BI-KI-NI 1968 · $183,129

Quick answer

How did The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) perform at the box office?

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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $184.9K. In this database it currently ranks #12,094 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #205 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$184,890
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 28, 1991
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions, Film Four International
Countries
GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Comedy title from Merchant Ivory Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $184,890. For comparison, it currently sits #12,094 all-time in the current chart set and #205 among 1991 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.