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#1,307 All-time worldwide
#12 1993 releases

Movie profile

Demolition Man

1993 · 115 min · Box Office Data

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $159.1M
Budget $57.0M
Gross minus budget $102.1M
ROI 2.79x

Domestic gross

$63.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$95.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$17.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Demolition Man ranks

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Quick answer

How did Demolition Man (1993) perform at the box office?

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Demolition Man (1993) earned a reported $159.1M worldwide against a reported $57.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $102.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.79x. In this database it currently ranks #1,307 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #12 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$159,055,768
Budget
$57,000,000
Gross minus budget
$102,055,768
ROI
2.79x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Demolition Man is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $159.1M, reported production budget is $57.0M, gross-minus-budget is $102.1M, ROI is 2.79x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,307 all-time in the current chart set and #12 among 1993 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.