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#11,942 All-time worldwide
#240 1999 releases

Movie profile

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999 · 118 min · Mk2 Films

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $259,510
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$129,755

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$129,755

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$23,356

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Wind Will Carry Us 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 #11,942 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #240 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #7 Mk2 Films of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Mk2 Films movie set. Primary genre #5,367 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.

#11,939 The Stone Boy 1984 · $261,033 #11,940 Todo por la pasta 1991 · $260,695 #11,941 Surigadu 1992 · $260,000 #11,943 Chattahoochee 1990 · $259,486 #11,944 El día del presidente 1979 · $259,085 #11,945 Illegally Yours 1988 · $259,019

Quick answer

How did The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) perform at the box office?

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The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $259.5K. In this database it currently ranks #11,942 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #240 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$259,510
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

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 12, 1999
Production
MK2 Films, Kiarostami Foundation
Countries
IR, FR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMk2 Films Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, The Wind Will Carry Us is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from MK2 Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $259,510. For comparison, it currently sits #11,942 all-time in the current chart set and #240 among 1999 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.