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#8,369 All-time worldwide
#239 2012 releases

Movie profile

Ernest & Celestine

2012 · 80 min · Les Armateurs

Animation Family Crime Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.2M
Budget $12.5M
Gross minus budget -$4.3M
ROI 0.65x

Domestic gross

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ernest & Celestine 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 #8,369 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #239 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #2 Les Armateurs of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Les Armateurs movie set. Franchise #1 Ernest & Celestine of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #756 Animation of 920 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 Ernest & Celestine (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ernest & Celestine (2012) earned a reported $8.2M worldwide against a reported $12.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.65x. In this database it currently ranks #8,369 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #239 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,170,333
Budget
$12,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,329,667
ROI
0.65x
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

Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 12, 2012
Production
Les Armateurs, Maybe Movies, StudioCanal
Countries
BE, FR, LU

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Ernest & Celestine is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Family, Crime title from Les Armateurs. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.2M, reported production budget is $12.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.3M, ROI is 0.65x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,369 all-time in the current chart set and #239 among 2012 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.