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#11,711 All-time worldwide
#177 1986 releases

Movie profile

Kangaroo

1986 · 108 min · Naked Country Productions

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $432,266
Budget $3.3M
Gross minus budget -$2.9M
ROI 0.13x

Domestic gross

$216,133

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$216,133

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$38,904

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kangaroo 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 #11,711 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #177 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Primary genre #5,241 Drama of 5,859 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 Kangaroo (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kangaroo (1986) earned a reported $432.3K worldwide against a reported $3.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.13x. In this database it currently ranks #11,711 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #177 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$432,266
Budget
$3,300,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,867,734
ROI
0.13x
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 mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 24, 1986
Production
Naked Country Productions, Cineplex Odeon Films, Western Pacific Films
Countries
AU

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNaked Country Productions Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Kangaroo is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Naked Country Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $432,266, reported production budget is $3.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.9M, ROI is 0.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,711 all-time in the current chart set and #177 among 1986 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.