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#1,276 All-time worldwide
#46 2012 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $161.8M
Budget $31.0M
Gross minus budget $130.8M
ROI 5.22x

Domestic gross

$80.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$80.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$14.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Flight ranks

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

How did Flight (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Flight (2012) earned a reported $161.8M worldwide against a reported $31.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $130.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.22x. In this database it currently ranks #1,276 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #46 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$161,772,575
Budget
$31,000,000
Gross minus budget
$130,772,575
ROI
5.22x
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

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 22, 2012
Production
Paramount Pictures, ImageMovers, Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Flight is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $161.8M, reported production budget is $31.0M, gross-minus-budget is $130.8M, ROI is 5.22x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,276 all-time in the current chart set and #46 among 2012 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.