#809 All-time worldwide

#5 1989 releases

Movie profile

Dead Poets Society

Name: Dead Poets Society
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-06-02
Duration: 129 min

1989 · 129 min · A Steven Haft Production

Drama

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $235.9M

Budget $16.4M

Gross minus budget $219.5M

ROI 14.38x

Domestic gross

$117.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$117.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$21.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dead Poets Society ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #809 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #5 Release-year chart position of 219 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Primary genre #190 Drama of 6,006 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.

#806 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 · $236.0M #807 Hidden Figures 2016 · $236.0M #808 A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 · $235.9M #810 Spy 2015 · $235.7M #811 American Pie 1999 · $235.5M #812 American Reunion 2012 · $235.0M

Quick answer

How did Dead Poets Society (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dead Poets Society (1989) earned a reported $235.9M worldwide against a reported $16.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $219.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 14.38x. In this database it currently ranks #809 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross: $235,860,116
Budget: $16,400,000
Gross minus budget: $219,460,116
ROI: 14.38x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 2, 1989
Production: A Steven Haft Production, Witt/Thomas Productions, Silver Screen Partners IV
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyA Steven Haft Production Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Dead Poets Society is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from A Steven Haft Production. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $235.9M, reported production budget is $16.4M, gross-minus-budget is $219.5M, ROI is 14.38x. For comparison, it currently sits #809 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 1989 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.