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#8,342 All-time worldwide
#110 1992 releases

Movie profile

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

1992 · 120 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.3M
Budget $40.0M
Gross minus budget -$31.7M
ROI 0.21x

Domestic gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$924,120

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Christopher Columbus: The Discovery ranks

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Quick answer

How did Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) perform at the box office?

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Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) earned a reported $8.3M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$31.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.21x. In this database it currently ranks #8,342 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #110 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,251,071
Budget
$40,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$31,748,929
ROI
0.21x
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

Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 20, 1992
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, Sociedad Quinto Centenario (Madrid), Christopher Columbus Productions
Countries
FR, ES, GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery is positioned in this dataset as a History, Adventure title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.3M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$31.7M, ROI is 0.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,342 all-time in the current chart set and #110 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.