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#8,794 All-time worldwide
#142 1997 releases

Movie profile

U Turn

1997 · 125 min · Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels

Crime Drama Thriller Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.7M
Budget $19.0M
Gross minus budget -$12.3M
ROI 0.35x

Domestic gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$601,389

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where U Turn 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 #8,794 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #142 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #2 Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels movie set. Primary genre #1,365 Crime of 1,921 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 U Turn (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

U Turn (1997) earned a reported $6.7M worldwide against a reported $19.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$12.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.35x. In this database it currently ranks #8,794 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #142 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,682,098
Budget
$19,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$12,317,902
ROI
0.35x
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

When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 3, 1997
Production
Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels, Illusion Entertainment Group, Phoenix Pictures
Countries
FR, US

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Studio / production companyCanal+ Droits Audiovisuels Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, U Turn is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.7M, reported production budget is $19.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$12.3M, ROI is 0.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,794 all-time in the current chart set and #142 among 1997 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.