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#7,760 All-time worldwide
#130 1995 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.0M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $7.0M
ROI 3.33x

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ghost in the Shell 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 Ghost in the Shell (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ghost in the Shell (1995) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.33x. In this database it currently ranks #7,760 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #130 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,000,000
ROI
3.33x
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

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 18, 1995
Production
Bandai Visual, Production I.G, Kodansha
Countries
JP, GB

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Ghost in the Shell is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Animation, Science Fiction title from Bandai Visual. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.0M, ROI is 3.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,760 all-time in the current chart set and #130 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.