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#8,681 All-time worldwide
#146 1998 releases

Movie profile

BASEketball

1998 · 103 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.0M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget -$18.0M
ROI 0.28x

Domestic gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$787,056

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where BASEketball 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 #8,681 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #146 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #307 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,396 Comedy of 4,840 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 BASEketball (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

BASEketball (1998) earned a reported $7.0M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$18.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.28x. In this database it currently ranks #8,681 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #146 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,027,290
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$17,972,710
ROI
0.28x
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

Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 28, 1998
Production
Universal Pictures, Zucker Brothers Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, BASEketball is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.0M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$18.0M, ROI is 0.28x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,681 all-time in the current chart set and #146 among 1998 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.