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#12,083 All-time worldwide
#203 1991 releases

Movie profile

The Indian Runner

1991 · 127 min · Nhk

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $191,125
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.8M
ROI 0.03x

Domestic gross

$95,563

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$95,562

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$17,201

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Indian Runner 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 #12,083 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #203 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Primary genre #5,446 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.

#12,080 Beverly Hills Brats 1989 · $192,561 #12,081 In Trousers 1979 · $192,000 #12,082 The Angry Cid 1983 · $191,299 #12,084 For Queen & Country 1988 · $191,051 #12,085 An Evening in Paris 1967 · $190,000 #12,085 Carry On at Your Convenience 1971 · $190,000

Quick answer

How did The Indian Runner (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Indian Runner (1991) earned a reported $191.1K worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.03x. In this database it currently ranks #12,083 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #203 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$191,125
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,808,875
ROI
0.03x
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

Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things which his brother desperately tries to point out to him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 20, 1991
Production
NHK, Mico, Mount Film Group
Countries
JP, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, The Indian Runner is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from NHK. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $191,125, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.8M, ROI is 0.03x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,083 all-time in the current chart set and #203 among 1991 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.