#2,310 All-time worldwide

#11 1986 releases

Movie profile

An American Tail

Name: An American Tail
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Drama, Family
Released: 1986-11-21
Duration: 80 min

1986 · 80 min · Amblin Entertainment

Animation Comedy Adventure Drama Family

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $84.5M

Budget $9.0M

Gross minus budget $75.5M

ROI 9.39x

Domestic gross

$36.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$48.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$10.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where An American Tail ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,310 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 211 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #14 Amblin Entertainment of 33 titles Position inside the mapped Amblin Entertainment movie set. Franchise #1 An American Tail of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #284 Animation of 948 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.

#2,307 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 · $84.6M #2,308 Beetlejuice 1988 · $84.6M #2,309 Big Fish & Begonia 2016 · $84.6M #2,311 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 2006 · $84.5M #2,312 The Eternal Zero 2013 · $84.5M #2,313 Field of Dreams 1989 · $84.4M

Quick answer

How did An American Tail (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

An American Tail (1986) earned a reported $84.5M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $75.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.39x. In this database it currently ranks #2,310 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross: $84,542,002
Budget: $9,000,000
Gross minus budget: $75,542,002
ROI: 9.39x

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 21, 1986
Production: Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Don Bluth Entertainment
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyAmblin Entertainment FranchiseAn American Tail Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, An American Tail is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy, Adventure title from Amblin Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $84.5M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is $75.5M, ROI is 9.39x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,310 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1986 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.