Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$4.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$4.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$715,612
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where The Sweet Hereafter ranks
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Quick answer
How did The Sweet Hereafter (1997) perform at the box office?
High confidenceThe Sweet Hereafter (1997) earned a reported $8.0M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.59x. In this database it currently ranks #8,445 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #135 among 1997 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $7,951,247
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- $2,951,247
- ROI
- 1.59x
Synopsis
Story
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1997, The Sweet Hereafter is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Ego Film Arts. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.0M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.0M, ROI is 1.59x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,445 all-time in the current chart set and #135 among 1997 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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