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#6,724 All-time worldwide
#71 1988 releases

Movie profile

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988 · 117 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy Drama Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.0M
Budget $22.0M
Gross minus budget -$8.0M
ROI 0.64x

Domestic gross

$7.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Milagro Beanfield War 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 #6,724 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #71 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #274 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,612 Comedy of 4,840 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 Milagro Beanfield War (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) earned a reported $14.0M worldwide against a reported $22.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$8.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.64x. In this database it currently ranks #6,724 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #71 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,000,000
Budget
$22,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$8,000,000
ROI
0.64x
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 accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 18, 1988
Production
Universal Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The Milagro Beanfield War is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Fantasy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.0M, reported production budget is $22.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$8.0M, ROI is 0.64x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,724 all-time in the current chart set and #71 among 1988 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.