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#6,319 All-time worldwide
#103 1995 releases

Movie profile

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

1995 · 96 min · Nippon Television Network Corporation

Fantasy Science Fiction Action Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.0M
Budget $4.5M
Gross minus budget $11.5M
ROI 3.56x

Domestic gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gamera: Guardian of the Universe 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 #6,319 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #103 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #5 Nippon Television Network Corporation of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Nippon Television Network Corporation movie set. Franchise #1 Gamera (Heisei) of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #822 Fantasy of 1,285 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 Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) earned a reported $16.0M worldwide against a reported $4.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $11.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.56x. In this database it currently ranks #6,319 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #103 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,000,000
Budget
$4,500,000
Gross minus budget
$11,500,000
ROI
3.56x
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 ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 11, 1995
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation, Daiei Film, Hakuhodo
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyNippon Television Network Corporation FranchiseGamera (Heisei) Release year chart1995 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartAction Genre chartHorror

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action title from Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.0M, reported production budget is $4.5M, gross-minus-budget is $11.5M, ROI is 3.56x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,319 all-time in the current chart set and #103 among 1995 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.