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#9,258 All-time worldwide
#110 1989 releases

Movie profile

The French Revolution: Years of Hope

1989 · 166 min · Box Office Data

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.8M
Budget $50.0M
Gross minus budget -$45.2M
ROI 0.10x

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$537,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The French Revolution: Years of Hope 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 #9,258 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #110 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did The French Revolution: Years of Hope (1989) perform at the box office?

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The French Revolution: Years of Hope (1989) earned a reported $4.8M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$45.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.10x. In this database it currently ranks #9,258 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #110 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,800,000
Budget
$50,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$45,200,000
ROI
0.10x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

First part that includes the beginnings of the French Revolution. The film begins by recounting the events that led to the convocation of the States General in 1789 and ends with the assault on the Tuileries Palace, which occurred on August 10, 1792.

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Production details

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, The French Revolution: Years of Hope is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.8M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$45.2M, ROI is 0.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,258 all-time in the current chart set and #110 among 1989 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.