#2,969 All-time worldwide

#17 1985 releases

Movie profile

Fletch

Name: Fletch
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1985-05-31
Duration: 98 min

1985 · 98 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy Crime Mystery

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $59.6M

Budget $8.0M

Gross minus budget $51.6M

ROI 7.45x

Domestic gross

$23.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$35.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fletch ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,969 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #17 Release-year chart position of 185 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #160 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Fletch of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,130 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.

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Quick answer

How did Fletch (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fletch (1985) earned a reported $59.6M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $51.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.45x. In this database it currently ranks #2,969 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #17 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross: $59,612,888
Budget: $8,000,000
Gross minus budget: $51,612,888
ROI: 7.45x

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.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 31, 1985
Production: Universal Pictures, Vincent Pictures
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Fletch is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Mystery title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $59.6M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $51.6M, ROI is 7.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,969 all-time in the current chart set and #17 among 1985 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.