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#12,635 All-time worldwide
#235 1988 releases

Movie profile

The Prince of Pennsylvania

1988 · 87 min · Columbia Pictures

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13,064
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$6,532

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6,532

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1,176

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Prince of Pennsylvania 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 #12,635 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #235 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #271 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #5,728 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.

#12,632 Daisies 1966 · $13,692 #12,633 Throne of Blood 1957 · $13,422 #12,634 The Sorrow and the Pity 1969 · $13,082 #12,636 I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar 1991 · $12,876 #12,637 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 · $12,678 #12,638 Velatorio (Barroco) 2026 · $12,637

Quick answer

How did The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988) perform at the box office?

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The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $13.1K. In this database it currently ranks #12,635 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #235 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,064
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Set in a remote Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this off-beat comedy follows the relationship between Carla, a hippie woman, and Rupert, a young punk rocker who feels like a pariah. Hoping to leave their current lives behind, the two conspire to kidnap Rupert's father and hold him for ransom.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 10, 1988
Production
Columbia Pictures

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The Prince of Pennsylvania is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13,064. For comparison, it currently sits #12,635 all-time in the current chart set and #235 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.