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#10,876 All-time worldwide
#198 1999 releases

Movie profile

Tumbleweeds

1999 · 102 min · Fine Line Features

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.4M
Budget $312,000
Gross minus budget $1.1M
ROI 4.49x

Domestic gross

$700,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$700,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$126,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tumbleweeds 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 #10,876 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #198 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #9 Fine Line Features of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Fine Line Features movie set. Primary genre #4,186 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.

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Quick answer

How did Tumbleweeds (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Tumbleweeds (1999) earned a reported $1.4M worldwide against a reported $312.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.49x. In this database it currently ranks #10,876 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #198 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,400,000
Budget
$312,000
Gross minus budget
$1,088,000
ROI
4.49x
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

Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 24, 1999
Production
Fine Line Features
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyFine Line Features Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Tumbleweeds is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Fine Line Features. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.4M, reported production budget is $312,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.1M, ROI is 4.49x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,876 all-time in the current chart set and #198 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.