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#11,685 All-time worldwide
#212 1997 releases

Movie profile

The Myth of Fingerprints

1997 · 93 min · Good Machine

Drama Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $458,815
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.5M
ROI 0.23x

Domestic gross

$229,408

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$229,407

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$41,293

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Myth of Fingerprints 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 #11,685 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #212 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #5 Good Machine of 6 titles Position inside the mapped Good Machine movie set. Primary genre #5,230 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 Myth of Fingerprints (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) earned a reported $458.8K worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.23x. In this database it currently ranks #11,685 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #212 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$458,815
Budget
$2,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,541,185
ROI
0.23x
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

When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 17, 1997
Production
Good Machine, Eureka Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyGood Machine Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, The Myth of Fingerprints is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy, Romance title from Good Machine. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $458,815, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.5M, ROI is 0.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,685 all-time in the current chart set and #212 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.