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#6,493 All-time worldwide
#112 1998 releases

Movie profile

Dead Man on Campus

1998 · 96 min · Mtv Films

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.1M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget $1.1M
ROI 1.08x

Domestic gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dead Man on Campus 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 #6,493 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #112 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #6 Mtv Films of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Mtv Films movie set. Primary genre #2,523 Comedy of 4,840 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 Dead Man on Campus (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dead Man on Campus (1998) earned a reported $15.1M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.08x. In this database it currently ranks #6,493 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #112 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,100,000
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
$1,100,000
ROI
1.08x
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

Two college roommates venture out to identify a fellow student, who is most likely to commit suicide as it will help them pass the semester.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 21, 1998
Production
MTV Films, Paramount Pictures, Pacific Western
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyMtv Films Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Dead Man on Campus is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from MTV Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.1M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.1M, ROI is 1.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,493 all-time in the current chart set and #112 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.