#420 All-time worldwide

#1 1985 releases

Movie profile

Back to the Future

Name: Back to the Future
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 1985-07-03
Duration: 116 min

1985 · 116 min · Universal Pictures

Adventure Comedy Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $381.1M

Budget $19.0M

Gross minus budget $362.1M

ROI 20.06x

Domestic gross

$152.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$228.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$42.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Back to the Future ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #420 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 185 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #23 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Back To The Future of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #267 Adventure of 2,164 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 Back to the Future (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Back to the Future (1985) earned a reported $381.1M worldwide against a reported $19.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $362.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 20.06x. In this database it currently ranks #420 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross: $381,109,762
Budget: $19,000,000
Gross minus budget: $362,109,762
ROI: 20.06x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 3, 1985
Production: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Back to the Future is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $381.1M, reported production budget is $19.0M, gross-minus-budget is $362.1M, ROI is 20.06x. For comparison, it currently sits #420 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1985 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.