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#11,864 All-time worldwide
#223 1993 releases

Movie profile

The Slingshot

1993 · 102 min · Svt Drama

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $308,368
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$154,184

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$154,184

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$27,753

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Slingshot ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #11,864 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #223 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Primary genre #5,321 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.

#11,861 I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957 · $310,000 #11,862 Consummate Power 1984 · $309,703 #11,863 Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970 · $308,828 #11,865 Hard Promises 1992 · $306,976 #11,866 The 317th Platoon 1965 · $306,505 #11,867 Marc by Sofia 2026 · $306,321

Quick answer

How did The Slingshot (1993) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Slingshot (1993) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $308.4K. In this database it currently ranks #11,864 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #223 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$308,368
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

Stockholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them, Roland makes slingshots which he sells. His rebellious ways has gotten him the special attention of his school teacher, who always makes sure that Roland is punished. Roland also tries to make extra money by repairing bicycles, a successful business that in the end lands him in hot water.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 24, 1993
Production
SVT Drama, Nordisk Film Denmark, SF Studios
Countries
DK, SE

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, The Slingshot is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from SVT Drama. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $308,368. For comparison, it currently sits #11,864 all-time in the current chart set and #223 among 1993 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.