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#9,414 All-time worldwide
#165 1998 releases

Movie profile

Velvet Goldmine

1998 · 123 min · Zenith Entertainment

Drama Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.3M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.7M
ROI 0.48x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$387,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Velvet Goldmine 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 #9,414 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #165 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Primary genre #4,053 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.

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Quick answer

How did Velvet Goldmine (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Velvet Goldmine (1998) earned a reported $4.3M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.48x. In this database it currently ranks #9,414 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #165 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,300,000
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,700,000
ROI
0.48x
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

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 28, 1998
Production
Zenith Entertainment, Killer Films, Single Cell Pictures
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyZenith Entertainment Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMusic

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Velvet Goldmine is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music title from Zenith Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.3M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.7M, ROI is 0.48x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,414 all-time in the current chart set and #165 among 1998 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.