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#11,730 All-time worldwide
#186 1991 releases

Movie profile

True Colors

1991 · 111 min · Paramount Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $418,807
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$19.6M
ROI 0.02x

Domestic gross

$209,404

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$209,403

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$37,693

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where True Colors 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 #11,730 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #186 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #414 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #5,253 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.

#11,727 Great Expectations 1946 · $420,000 #11,727 The Envy of Gods 2000 · $420,000 #11,729 Killing Zoe 1993 · $418,961 #11,731 How to Get Ahead in Advertising 1989 · $418,053 #11,732 Kaalidas 2 2026 · $417,137 #11,733 Tocando fondo 1993 · $415,529

Quick answer

How did True Colors (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

True Colors (1991) earned a reported $418.8K worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$19.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.02x. In this database it currently ranks #11,730 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #186 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$418,807
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$19,581,193
ROI
0.02x
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

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 15, 1991
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, True Colors is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $418,807, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$19.6M, ROI is 0.02x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,730 all-time in the current chart set and #186 among 1991 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.