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#6,537 All-time worldwide
#68 1988 releases

Movie profile

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988 · 88 min · El Deseo

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.0M
Budget $700,000
Gross minus budget $14.3M
ROI 21.40x

Domestic gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 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 #6,537 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #68 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #14 El Deseo of 22 titles Position inside the mapped El Deseo movie set. Primary genre #2,538 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 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) earned a reported $15.0M worldwide against a reported $700.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 21.40x. In this database it currently ranks #6,537 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #68 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,979,298
Budget
$700,000
Gross minus budget
$14,279,298
ROI
21.40x
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

After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 25, 1988
Production
El Deseo, Laurenfilm
Countries
ES

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Studio / production companyEl Deseo Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from El Deseo. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.0M, reported production budget is $700,000, gross-minus-budget is $14.3M, ROI is 21.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,537 all-time in the current chart set and #68 among 1988 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.