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#11,614 All-time worldwide
#208 1996 releases

Movie profile

Boys

1996 · 86 min · Touchstone Pictures

Romance Drama Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $516,349
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$258,175

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$258,174

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$46,472

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Boys 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 #11,614 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #208 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #112 Touchstone Pictures of 113 titles Position inside the mapped Touchstone Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,361 Romance of 2,607 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.

#11,611 Outrage 1993 · $518,865 #11,612 Princess Stella 2026 · $517,437 #11,613 Voyager 1991 · $516,517 #11,615 La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros 1983 · $515,221 #11,616 Grand Central Murder 1942 · $515,000 #11,617 Safe 1995 · $512,558

Quick answer

How did Boys (1996) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Boys (1996) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $516.3K. In this database it currently ranks #11,614 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #208 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$516,349
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid routine. The moment arrives when he stumbles upon a woman, Patty Vare, unconscious in a field. Deciding to risk it, John takes her to his dorm to look after her, much to the disapproval of his friends. John's decision proves fateful as he and Patty grow close to one another. However, she may be keeping secrets from him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 10, 1996
Production
Touchstone Pictures, Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTouchstone Pictures Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Boys is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama, Mystery title from Touchstone Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $516,349. For comparison, it currently sits #11,614 all-time in the current chart set and #208 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.