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#3,840 All-time worldwide
#71 1999 releases

Movie profile

Blast from the Past

1999 · 112 min · Midnight Sun Pictures

Drama Romance Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $40.3M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget $5.3M
ROI 1.15x

Domestic gross

$20.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$20.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Blast from the Past 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 #3,840 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #71 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Primary genre #1,412 Drama of 5,859 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 Blast from the Past (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Blast from the Past (1999) earned a reported $40.3M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.15x. In this database it currently ranks #3,840 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #71 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$40,263,020
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,263,020
ROI
1.15x
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

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webbers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 12, 1999
Production
Midnight Sun Pictures, New Line Cinema, Forge
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMidnight Sun Pictures Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Blast from the Past is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Comedy title from Midnight Sun Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $40.3M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.3M, ROI is 1.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,840 all-time in the current chart set and #71 among 1999 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.