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#12,145 All-time worldwide
#214 1988 releases

Movie profile

Tom Waits: Big Time

1988 · 87 min · Island Visual Arts

Documentary Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $148,426
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$59,370

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$89,056

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$16,624

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tom Waits: Big Time 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 #12,145 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #214 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Primary genre #173 Documentary of 204 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.

#12,139 Modern Detective 1985 · $150,000 #12,139 The Wounds 1998 · $150,000 #12,144 Jacquot 1991 · $149,200 #12,146 The Proposition 1998 · $147,773 #12,147 Under the Boardwalk 1989 · $147,542 #12,148 Adolescencia 1982 · $145,842

Quick answer

How did Tom Waits: Big Time (1988) perform at the box office?

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Tom Waits: Big Time (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $148.4K. In this database it currently ranks #12,145 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #214 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$148,426
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

Bringing his unique sense of humor to this bizarre and original piece of moviemaking, Tom Waits takes the audience through a musical journey with his jazzy, quirky, bluesy tunes presented as you would never, ever, ever expect.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 30, 1988
Production
Island Visual Arts, Vivid Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Tom Waits: Big Time is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, Music title from Island Visual Arts. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $148,426. For comparison, it currently sits #12,145 all-time in the current chart set and #214 among 1988 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.