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#2,893 All-time worldwide
#33 1992 releases

Movie profile

The Crying Game

1992 · 112 min · Palace Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $62.5M
Budget $3.7M
Gross minus budget $58.8M
ROI 16.88x

Domestic gross

$31.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$31.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Crying Game ranks

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Quick answer

How did The Crying Game (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Crying Game (1992) earned a reported $62.5M worldwide against a reported $3.7M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $58.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.88x. In this database it currently ranks #2,893 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #33 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$62,548,947
Budget
$3,705,538
Gross minus budget
$58,843,409
ROI
16.88x
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

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 2, 1992
Production
Palace Pictures, Nippon Film Development and Finance Inc., Eurotrustees
Countries
GB, JP

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, The Crying Game is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Palace Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $62.5M, reported production budget is $3.7M, gross-minus-budget is $58.8M, ROI is 16.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,893 all-time in the current chart set and #33 among 1992 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.