Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$5.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$5.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$900,000
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where What's Eating Gilbert Grape ranks
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How did What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) perform at the box office?
High confidenceWhat's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.91x. In this database it currently ranks #7,760 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #116 among 1993 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $10,000,000
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- -$1,000,000
- ROI
- 0.91x
Synopsis
Story
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1993, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.0M, ROI is 0.91x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,760 all-time in the current chart set and #116 among 1993 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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