Beavis and Butt-Head Do America backdrop
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America poster
#2,876 All-time worldwide
#38 1996 releases

Movie profile

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

1996 · 81 min · Paramount Pictures

Animation Comedy Adventure Crime Music
IMDb FilmDB Where to watch

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $63.1M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $51.1M
ROI 5.26x

Domestic gross

$27.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$36.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Beavis and Butt-Head Do America ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #2,876 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #38 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #146 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #325 Animation of 920 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.

#2,873 Madea's Family Reunion 2006 · $63.4M #2,874 Row to Win 2025 · $63.2M #2,875 Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter 2017 · $63.1M #2,877 The Long Walk 2025 · $63.1M #2,878 Jeepers Creepers 2 2003 · $63.1M #2,879 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within 2010 · $63.0M

Quick answer

How did Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) earned a reported $63.1M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $51.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.26x. In this database it currently ranks #2,876 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #38 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$63,118,386
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$51,118,386
ROI
5.26x
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

Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 20, 1996
Production
Paramount Pictures, Geffen Pictures, MTV Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyParamount Pictures FranchiseBeavis And Butt Head Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartCrime

JustWatch

Where to watch

Streaming availability loaded for the selected region.
View all options
Showing United States availability.

Stream

fuboTV Paramount+ Amazon Channel Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel Paramount Plus Premium YouTube TV Paramount Plus Essential Kanopy

Rent

Apple TV Store Google Play Movies Fandango At Home Amazon Video YouTube

Buy

Apple TV Store Google Play Movies Fandango At Home Amazon Video YouTube

Availability and provider links are powered by JustWatch where available. Provider availability can change by region and date.

AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy, Adventure title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $63.1M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $51.1M, ROI is 5.26x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,876 all-time in the current chart set and #38 among 1996 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.