#759 All-time worldwide

#7 1994 releases

Movie profile

Dumb and Dumber

Name: Dumb and Dumber
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1994-12-16
Duration: 107 min

1994 · 107 min · New Line Cinema

Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $247.3M

Budget $16.0M

Gross minus budget $231.3M

ROI 15.45x

Domestic gross

$98.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$148.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$27.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dumb and Dumber ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #759 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #7 Release-year chart position of 242 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #21 New Line Cinema of 179 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Franchise #1 Dumb And Dumber of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #247 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.

#756 The Blair Witch Project 1999 · $248.6M #757 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2013 · $248.4M #758 Unbreakable 2000 · $248.1M #760 Grown Ups 2 2013 · $247.0M #761 Glass 2019 · $247.0M #762 The Peanuts Movie 2015 · $246.2M

Quick answer

How did Dumb and Dumber (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dumb and Dumber (1994) earned a reported $247.3M worldwide against a reported $16.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $231.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 15.45x. In this database it currently ranks #759 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #7 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross: $247,275,374
Budget: $16,000,000
Gross minus budget: $231,275,374
ROI: 15.45x

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.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 16, 1994
Production: New Line Cinema, Motion Picture Corporation of America
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, Dumb and Dumber is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $247.3M, reported production budget is $16.0M, gross-minus-budget is $231.3M, ROI is 15.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #759 all-time in the current chart set and #7 among 1994 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.