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#3,325 All-time worldwide
#105 2012 releases

Movie profile

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami

2012 · 105 min · Pathé

Family Adventure Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $50.1M
Budget $50.0M
Gross minus budget $100,000
ROI 1.00x

Domestic gross

$21.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami 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 #3,325 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #105 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #3 Pathé of 22 titles Position inside the mapped Pathé movie set. Primary genre #546 Family of 1,380 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

How did HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012) earned a reported $50.1M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $100.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.00x. In this database it currently ranks #3,325 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #105 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$50,100,000
Budget
$50,000,000
Gross minus budget
$100,000
ROI
1.00x
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

When reporter Dan Geraldo arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito, D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 3, 2012
Production
Pathé, SCOPE Pictures, TF1 Films Production
Countries
FR, BE

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Studio / production companyPathé Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Adventure, Comedy title from Pathé. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $50.1M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is $100,000, ROI is 1.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,325 all-time in the current chart set and #105 among 2012 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.