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#7,983 All-time worldwide
#104 1992 releases

Movie profile

Chaplin

1992 · 145 min · Carolco Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.5M
Budget $31.0M
Gross minus budget -$21.5M
ROI 0.31x

Domestic gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$854,393

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Chaplin 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 #7,983 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #104 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #16 Carolco Pictures of 20 titles Position inside the mapped Carolco Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,353 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 Chaplin (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Chaplin (1992) earned a reported $9.5M worldwide against a reported $31.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$21.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.31x. In this database it currently ranks #7,983 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #104 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,493,259
Budget
$31,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$21,506,741
ROI
0.31x
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 aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 1992
Production
Carolco Pictures, RCS Video, Lambeth
Countries
FR, IT, GB, US, JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCarolco Pictures Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Chaplin is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Carolco Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.5M, reported production budget is $31.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$21.5M, ROI is 0.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,983 all-time in the current chart set and #104 among 1992 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.