Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$9.7M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$12.9M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$2.9M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where The Borrowers ranks
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Quick answer
How did The Borrowers (1997) perform at the box office?
High confidenceThe Borrowers (1997) earned a reported $22.6M worldwide against a reported $29.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.78x. In this database it currently ranks #5,319 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #94 among 1997 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $22,619,699
- Budget
- $29,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- -$6,380,301
- ROI
- 0.78x
Synopsis
Story
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1997, The Borrowers is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy, Action title from Working Title Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.6M, reported production budget is $29.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.4M, ROI is 0.78x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,319 all-time in the current chart set and #94 among 1997 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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