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#11,853 All-time worldwide
#188 1987 releases

Movie profile

The Tobacconist of Vallecas

1987 · 106 min · Compañía Iberoamericana De Tv

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $312,010
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$156,005

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$156,005

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$28,081

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Tobacconist of Vallecas 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 #11,853 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #188 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #1 Compañía Iberoamericana De Tv of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Compañía Iberoamericana De Tv movie set. Primary genre #4,504 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.

#11,850 El rollo de septiembre 1985 · $316,326 #11,851 Promised Land 1988 · $316,000 #11,852 Beautiful Creatures 2000 · $313,768 #11,854 D'Artagnan's Daughter 1994 · $311,922 #11,855 Who is she? 1966 · $311,900 #11,856 Nostalgia 1983 · $311,708

Quick answer

How did The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987) perform at the box office?

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The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $312.0K. In this database it currently ranks #11,853 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #188 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$312,010
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

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 9, 1987
Production
Compañía Iberoamericana de TV, Ega Medios Audiovisuales, Ministerio de Cultura
Countries
ES

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCompañía Iberoamericana De Tv Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, The Tobacconist of Vallecas is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Compañía Iberoamericana de TV. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $312,010. For comparison, it currently sits #11,853 all-time in the current chart set and #188 among 1987 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.