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#12,146 All-time worldwide
#235 1998 releases

Movie profile

The Proposition

1998 · 110 min · Interscope Communications

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $147,773
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$73,887

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$73,886

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$13,300

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Proposition ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #12,146 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #235 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #9 Interscope Communications of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Interscope Communications movie set. Primary genre #5,479 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.

#12,139 The Wounds 1998 · $150,000 #12,144 Jacquot 1991 · $149,200 #12,145 Tom Waits: Big Time 1988 · $148,426 #12,147 Under the Boardwalk 1989 · $147,542 #12,148 Adolescencia 1982 · $145,842 #12,149 Vampire Kid II 1988 · $145,134

Quick answer

How did The Proposition (1998) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Proposition (1998) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $147.8K. In this database it currently ranks #12,146 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #235 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$147,773
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

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 26, 1998
Production
Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyInterscope Communications Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, The Proposition is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Interscope Communications. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $147,773. For comparison, it currently sits #12,146 all-time in the current chart set and #235 among 1998 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.