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#7,639 All-time worldwide
#128 1995 releases

Movie profile

The Scarlet Letter

1995 · 135 min · Cinergi Pictures

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.4M
Budget $50.0M
Gross minus budget -$39.6M
ROI 0.21x

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$934,417

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Scarlet Letter 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 #7,639 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #128 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #8 Cinergi Pictures of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Cinergi Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,187 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 Scarlet Letter (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Scarlet Letter (1995) earned a reported $10.4M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$39.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.21x. In this database it currently ranks #7,639 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #128 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,382,407
Budget
$50,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$39,617,593
ROI
0.21x
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 puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 13, 1995
Production
Cinergi Pictures, Lightmotive, Allied Stars
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, The Scarlet Letter is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Cinergi Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.4M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$39.6M, ROI is 0.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,639 all-time in the current chart set and #128 among 1995 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.