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#10,554 All-time worldwide
#158 1992 releases

Movie profile

The Story of Qiu Ju

1992 · 100 min · Youth Film Studio Of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂

Comedy Drama
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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$945,124

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$945,123

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$170,122

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Story of Qiu Ju 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 #10,554 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #158 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #1 Youth Film Studio Of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂 of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Youth Film Studio Of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂 movie set. Primary genre #4,070 Comedy of 4,840 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 Story of Qiu Ju (1992) perform at the box office?

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The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.9M. In this database it currently ranks #10,554 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #158 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,890,247
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

When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 31, 1992
Production
Youth Film Studio of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂, Sil-Metropole Organisation
Countries
CN, HK

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Studio / production companyYouth Film Studio Of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂 Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, The Story of Qiu Ju is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Youth Film Studio of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,554 all-time in the current chart set and #158 among 1992 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.