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#11,783 All-time worldwide
#184 1987 releases

Movie profile

Gandahar

1987 · 83 min · Films A2

Animation Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $370,698
Budget $5.5M
Gross minus budget -$5.1M
ROI 0.07x

Domestic gross

$159,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$211,298

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$47,820

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gandahar 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 #11,783 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #184 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #3 Films A2 of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Films A2 movie set. Primary genre #884 Animation of 920 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.

#11,780 The Star Maker 1995 · $371,674 #11,781 Positive I.D. 1986 · $371,000 #11,782 Open Your Eyes 1997 · $370,720 #11,784 The Minus Man 1999 · $370,668 #11,785 Me Myself I 1999 · $369,975 #11,786 Run, Don't Walk 1989 · $367,838

Quick answer

How did Gandahar (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Gandahar (1987) earned a reported $370.7K worldwide against a reported $5.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.07x. In this database it currently ranks #11,783 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #184 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$370,698
Budget
$5,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,129,302
ROI
0.07x
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

On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is sent to investigate this mysterious threat.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 11, 1987
Production
Films A2, Col.Ima.Son, Revcom Télévision
Countries
FR

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Studio / production companyFilms A2 Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAdventure

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Gandahar is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy title from Films A2. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $370,698, reported production budget is $5.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.1M, ROI is 0.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,783 all-time in the current chart set and #184 among 1987 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.