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#4,643 All-time worldwide
#103 2000 releases

Movie profile

Battlefield Earth

2000 · 119 min · Franchise Pictures

Science Fiction Action Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.7M
Budget $44.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.3M
ROI 0.68x

Domestic gross

$11.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Battlefield Earth 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 #4,643 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2000 releases #103 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2000. Studio / company #2 Franchise Pictures of 13 titles Position inside the mapped Franchise Pictures movie set. Primary genre #622 Science Fiction of 1,234 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 Battlefield Earth (2000) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Battlefield Earth (2000) earned a reported $29.7M worldwide against a reported $44.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.68x. In this database it currently ranks #4,643 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #103 among 2000 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,725,663
Budget
$44,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,274,337
ROI
0.68x
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

In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 12, 2000
Production
Franchise Pictures, JTP Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2000, Battlefield Earth is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Action, Adventure title from Franchise Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.7M, reported production budget is $44.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.3M, ROI is 0.68x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,643 all-time in the current chart set and #103 among 2000 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.