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#5,763 All-time worldwide
#79 1992 releases

Movie profile

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

1992 · 46 min · Toei Company

Action Animation Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$8.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler 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 #5,763 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #79 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #8 Toei Company of 27 titles Position inside the mapped Toei Company movie set. Franchise #6 Dragon Ball Z of 15 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,720 Action of 2,939 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 Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) perform at the box office?

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Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $19.6M. In this database it currently ranks #5,763 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #79 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,581,369
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 7, 1992
Production
Toei Company, Bird Studios, Toei Animation
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyToei Company FranchiseDragon Ball Z Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAnimation Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Animation, Science Fiction title from Toei Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,763 all-time in the current chart set and #79 among 1992 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.