#626 All-time worldwide

#8 1998 releases

Movie profile

Doctor Dolittle

Name: Doctor Dolittle
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1998-06-26
Duration: 85 min

1998 · 85 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Family Fantasy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $294.5M

Budget $71.0M

Gross minus budget $223.5M

ROI 4.15x

Domestic gross

$126.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$167.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$38.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Doctor Dolittle ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #626 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #8 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #17 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Franchise #1 Dr. Dolittle of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #193 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#623 X-Men 2000 · $296.3M #624 Ferdinand 2017 · $295.0M #625 Shutter Island 2010 · $294.8M #627 The Boy and the Heron 2023 · $294.2M #628 Salt 2010 · $293.3M #629 G-Force 2009 · $292.8M

Quick answer

How did Doctor Dolittle (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Doctor Dolittle (1998) earned a reported $294.5M worldwide against a reported $71.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $223.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.15x. In this database it currently ranks #626 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #8 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross: $294,500,000
Budget: $71,000,000
Gross minus budget: $223,500,000
ROI: 4.15x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 26, 1998
Production: 20th Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment
Countries: US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox FranchiseDr. Dolittle Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Doctor Dolittle is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Family, Fantasy title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $294.5M, reported production budget is $71.0M, gross-minus-budget is $223.5M, ROI is 4.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #626 all-time in the current chart set and #8 among 1998 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.