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#11,890 All-time worldwide
#217 1996 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $295,493
Budget $3.1M
Gross minus budget -$2.8M
ROI 0.10x

Domestic gross

$147,747

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$147,746

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$26,594

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Freeway 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 Freeway (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Freeway (1996) earned a reported $295.5K worldwide against a reported $3.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.10x. In this database it currently ranks #11,890 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #217 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$295,493
Budget
$3,100,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,804,507
ROI
0.10x
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

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 23, 1996
Production
The Kushner-Locke Company, August Entertainment, Davis Films
Countries
US, FR

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Freeway is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Thriller title from The Kushner-Locke Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $295,493, reported production budget is $3.1M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.8M, ROI is 0.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,890 all-time in the current chart set and #217 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.