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#5,631 All-time worldwide
#95 1996 releases

Movie profile

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996 · 130 min · Columbia Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $20.3M
Budget $36.0M
Gross minus budget -$15.7M
ROI 0.56x

Domestic gross

$10.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The People vs. Larry Flynt 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 #5,631 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #95 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #185 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,255 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 People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) earned a reported $20.3M worldwide against a reported $36.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$15.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.56x. In this database it currently ranks #5,631 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #95 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$20,300,385
Budget
$36,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$15,699,615
ROI
0.56x
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

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 25, 1996
Production
Columbia Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Ixtlan Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, The People vs. Larry Flynt is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $20.3M, reported production budget is $36.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$15.7M, ROI is 0.56x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,631 all-time in the current chart set and #95 among 1996 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.