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#5,664 All-time worldwide
#96 1996 releases

Movie profile

Flipper

1996 · 95 min · The Bubble Factory

Adventure Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $20.1M
Budget $25.5M
Gross minus budget -$5.4M
ROI 0.79x

Domestic gross

$8.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Flipper 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 #5,664 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #96 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #1 The Bubble Factory of 3 titles Position inside the mapped The Bubble Factory movie set. Primary genre #1,316 Adventure of 2,138 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 Flipper (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Flipper (1996) earned a reported $20.1M worldwide against a reported $25.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.79x. In this database it currently ranks #5,664 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #96 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$20,080,020
Budget
$25,530,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,449,980
ROI
0.79x
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

Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 17, 1996
Production
The Bubble Factory, Universal Pictures, American Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe Bubble Factory Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFamily

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Flipper is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Family title from The Bubble Factory. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $20.1M, reported production budget is $25.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.4M, ROI is 0.79x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,664 all-time in the current chart set and #96 among 1996 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.