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#6,018 All-time worldwide
#173 2006 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.9M
Budget $60.0M
Gross minus budget -$42.1M
ROI 0.30x

Domestic gross

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Flyboys ranks

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Quick answer

How did Flyboys (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Flyboys (2006) earned a reported $17.9M worldwide against a reported $60.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$42.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.30x. In this database it currently ranks #6,018 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #173 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,858,059
Budget
$60,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$42,141,941
ROI
0.30x
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

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 22, 2006
Production
Electric Entertainment, Skydance Media, Ingenious Media
Countries
GB, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Flyboys is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Drama title from Electric Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.9M, reported production budget is $60.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$42.1M, ROI is 0.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,018 all-time in the current chart set and #173 among 2006 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.