#781 All-time worldwide

#3 1987 releases

Movie profile

3 Men and a Baby

Name: 3 Men and a Baby
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1987-11-27
Duration: 102 min

1987 · 102 min · Touchstone Pictures

Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $242.8M

Budget $11.0M

Gross minus budget $231.8M

ROI 22.07x

Domestic gross

$97.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$145.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$27.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where 3 Men and a Baby ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #781 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #3 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #10 Touchstone Pictures of 114 titles Position inside the mapped Touchstone Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 3 Men of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #260 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#778 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009 · $243.0M #779 8 Mile 2002 · $242.9M #780 Daddy's Home 2015 · $242.8M #782 RoboCop 2014 · $242.7M #783 Now You See Me: Now You Don't 2025 · $242.4M #784 Eraser 1996 · $242.3M

Quick answer

How did 3 Men and a Baby (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

3 Men and a Baby (1987) earned a reported $242.8M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $231.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 22.07x. In this database it currently ranks #781 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #3 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross: $242,780,960
Budget: $11,000,000
Gross minus budget: $231,780,960
ROI: 22.07x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 27, 1987
Production: Touchstone Pictures, Interscope Communications, Silver Screen Partners III
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTouchstone Pictures Franchise3 Men Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, 3 Men and a Baby is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Touchstone Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $242.8M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is $231.8M, ROI is 22.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #781 all-time in the current chart set and #3 among 1987 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.