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#3,518 All-time worldwide
#27 1987 releases

Movie profile

Full Metal Jacket

1987 · 117 min · Natant

Drama War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $46.4M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget $16.4M
ROI 1.55x

Domestic gross

$23.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Full Metal Jacket 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 #3,518 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Primary genre #1,272 Drama of 5,859 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 Full Metal Jacket (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Full Metal Jacket (1987) earned a reported $46.4M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $16.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.55x. In this database it currently ranks #3,518 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$46,357,676
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
$16,357,676
ROI
1.55x
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

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 26, 1987
Production
Natant, Stanley Kubrick Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Full Metal Jacket is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, War title from Natant. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $46.4M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $16.4M, ROI is 1.55x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,518 all-time in the current chart set and #27 among 1987 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.