What was the worldwide gross for Kevin Costner's $80 million movie "The Postman"?

The worldwide gross for Kevin Costner’s $80 million movie The Postman was approximately $17.6 million. That extremely low return helped make the 1997 film one of the most prominent box-office disappointments of its era.

Costner directed the film and played the unnamed drifter who travels through a post-apocalyptic United States. The story is set after social collapse and follows his accidental adoption of a mail carrier’s identity, which gives isolated communities a renewed sense of connection and hope.

The movie was adapted from David Brin’s 1985 science-fiction novel The Postman, although the film significantly reshaped the book’s story and tone. It also starred Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, and James Russo.

Its roughly $17.6 million worldwide theatrical gross was only a small fraction of the reported production budget, before marketing and distribution costs. The figure is often rounded to $17.6 million, while detailed box-office listings give about $17.63 million.