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#6,083 All-time worldwide
#106 1998 releases

Movie profile

Half Baked

1998 · 82 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.5M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $9.5M
ROI 2.18x

Domestic gross

$7.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Half Baked 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 #6,083 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #106 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #254 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,373 Comedy of 4,840 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 Half Baked (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Half Baked (1998) earned a reported $17.5M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.18x. In this database it currently ranks #6,083 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #106 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,460,020
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,460,020
ROI
2.18x
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

Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 16, 1998
Production
Universal Pictures, Robert Simonds Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Half Baked is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.5M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.5M, ROI is 2.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,083 all-time in the current chart set and #106 among 1998 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.