#677 All-time worldwide

#5 1991 releases

Movie profile

The Silence of the Lambs

Name: The Silence of the Lambs
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1991-02-14
Duration: 119 min

1991 · 119 min · Orion Pictures

Crime Thriller Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $272.7M

Budget $19.0M

Gross minus budget $253.7M

ROI 14.35x

Domestic gross

$136.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$136.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$24.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Silence of the Lambs ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #677 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #5 Release-year chart position of 230 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #1 Orion Pictures of 80 titles Position inside the mapped Orion Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 The Hannibal Lecter of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #56 Crime of 1,962 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.

#674 Bad Boys II 2003 · $273.3M #675 Lilo & Stitch 2002 · $273.1M #676 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014 · $272.9M #678 Grown Ups 2010 · $271.5M #679 The Flash 2023 · $271.3M #680 The Princess and the Frog 2009 · $271.0M

Quick answer

How did The Silence of the Lambs (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) earned a reported $272.7M worldwide against a reported $19.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $253.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 14.35x. In this database it currently ranks #677 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross: $272,742,922
Budget: $19,000,000
Gross minus budget: $253,742,922
ROI: 14.35x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Feb 14, 1991
Production: Orion Pictures, Strong Heart, A Luta Continua
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyOrion Pictures FranchiseThe Hannibal Lecter Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, The Silence of the Lambs is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Drama title from Orion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $272.7M, reported production budget is $19.0M, gross-minus-budget is $253.7M, ROI is 14.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #677 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 1991 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.