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#9,679 All-time worldwide
#133 1988 releases

Movie profile

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

1988 · 100 min · Columbia Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.6M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.4M
ROI 0.71x

Domestic gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$460,522

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking ranks

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Quick answer

How did The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) perform at the box office?

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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) earned a reported $3.6M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.71x. In this database it currently ranks #9,679 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #133 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,569,939
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,430,061
ROI
0.71x
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

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 1, 1988
Production
Columbia Pictures
Countries
SE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Adventure, Family title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.6M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.4M, ROI is 0.71x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,679 all-time in the current chart set and #133 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.