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#3,732 All-time worldwide
#53 1996 releases

Movie profile

Doctor Who

1996 · 86 min · BBC Worldwide

TV Movie Adventure Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $42.0M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $37.0M
ROI 8.40x

Domestic gross

$16.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$25.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Doctor Who ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #3,732 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #53 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Primary genre #3 TV Movie of 26 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 Doctor Who (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Doctor Who (1996) earned a reported $42.0M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.40x. In this database it currently ranks #3,732 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #53 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$42,000,000
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$37,000,000
ROI
8.40x
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

The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 12, 1996
Production
BBC Worldwide, Universal Television
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBBC Worldwide Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartTV Movie Genre chartAdventure Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Doctor Who is positioned in this dataset as a TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction title from BBC Worldwide. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $42.0M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $37.0M, ROI is 8.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,732 all-time in the current chart set and #53 among 1996 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.