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#8,144 All-time worldwide
#140 1998 releases

Movie profile

Cube

1998 · 90 min · Cube Libre

Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.0M
Budget $257,899
Gross minus budget $8.7M
ROI 34.78x

Domestic gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Cube 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 #8,144 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #140 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Franchise #1 Cube of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,822 Thriller of 2,567 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 Cube (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Cube (1998) earned a reported $9.0M worldwide against a reported $257.9K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 34.78x. In this database it currently ranks #8,144 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #140 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,969,065
Budget
$257,899
Gross minus budget
$8,711,166
ROI
34.78x
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

A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 11, 1998
Production
Cube Libre, The Feature Film Project
Countries
CA

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCube Libre FranchiseCube Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartMystery

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Cube is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery title from Cube Libre. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.0M, reported production budget is $257,899, gross-minus-budget is $8.7M, ROI is 34.78x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,144 all-time in the current chart set and #140 among 1998 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.