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#11,911 All-time worldwide
#224 1993 releases

Movie profile

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993 · 123 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $278,720
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$139,360

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$139,360

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$25,085

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Wrestling Ernest Hemingway 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 #11,911 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #224 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #282 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #5,347 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 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) perform at the box office?

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Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $278.7K. In this database it currently ranks #11,911 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #224 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$278,720
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to start a conversation after several attempts. They begin to spend time together and become friends. But because of their different characters they often quarrel with each other and finally seperate after Frank misbehaves to Walter's friend Elaine.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 1993
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $278,720. For comparison, it currently sits #11,911 all-time in the current chart set and #224 among 1993 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.