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#11,326 All-time worldwide
#197 1997 releases

Movie profile

The Castle

1997 · 85 min · Working Dog

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $861,789
Budget $800,000
Gross minus budget $61,789
ROI 1.08x

Domestic gross

$430,895

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$430,894

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$77,561

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Castle 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 #11,326 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #197 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Primary genre #5,024 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Castle (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Castle (1997) earned a reported $861.8K worldwide against a reported $800.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $61.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.08x. In this database it currently ranks #11,326 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #197 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$861,789
Budget
$800,000
Gross minus budget
$61,789
ROI
1.08x
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

The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves – with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail – a few yards from the edge of Melbourne, Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion, Darryl Kerrigan and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 10, 1997
Production
Working Dog, Village Roadshow
Countries
AU

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWorking Dog Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, The Castle is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from Working Dog. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $861,789, reported production budget is $800,000, gross-minus-budget is $61,789, ROI is 1.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,326 all-time in the current chart set and #197 among 1997 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.