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#7,723 All-time worldwide
#127 1997 releases

Movie profile

Buddy

1997 · 84 min · Jim Henson Pictures

Family Adventure Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.1M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.9M
ROI 0.40x

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Buddy 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 #7,723 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #3 Jim Henson Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Jim Henson Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,037 Family of 1,380 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.

#7,720 Frontline - Yokohama Bay 2025 · $10.1M #7,721 Brokedown Palace 1999 · $10.1M #7,722 Possession 2002 · $10.1M #7,724 Iron Sky 2012 · $10.1M #7,725 Lovesick 1983 · $10.1M #7,725 Saved! 2004 · $10.1M

Quick answer

How did Buddy (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Buddy (1997) earned a reported $10.1M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.40x. In this database it currently ranks #7,723 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,113,400
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,886,600
ROI
0.40x
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

An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 6, 1997
Production
Jim Henson Pictures, American Zoetrope, Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyJim Henson Pictures Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Buddy is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Adventure, Comedy title from Jim Henson Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.1M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.9M, ROI is 0.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,723 all-time in the current chart set and #127 among 1997 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.