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#6,766 All-time worldwide
#82 1991 releases

Movie profile

Drop Dead Fred

1991 · 99 min · Poly Gram Filmed Entertainment

Comedy Fantasy Family Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.9M
Budget $6.8M
Gross minus budget $7.1M
ROI 2.04x

Domestic gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Drop Dead Fred 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 #6,766 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #82 Release-year chart position of 231 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #13 Poly Gram Filmed Entertainment of 25 titles Position inside the mapped Poly Gram Filmed Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #2,630 Comedy of 4,840 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 Drop Dead Fred (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Drop Dead Fred (1991) earned a reported $13.9M worldwide against a reported $6.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.04x. In this database it currently ranks #6,766 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #82 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,878,334
Budget
$6,788,000
Gross minus budget
$7,090,334
ROI
2.04x
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

An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 19, 1991
Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, Channel Four Films
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyPoly Gram Filmed Entertainment Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFantasy Genre chartFamily Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, Drop Dead Fred is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Fantasy, Family title from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.9M, reported production budget is $6.8M, gross-minus-budget is $7.1M, ROI is 2.04x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,766 all-time in the current chart set and #82 among 1991 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.