#598 All-time worldwide

#7 1997 releases

Movie profile

Liar Liar

Name: Liar Liar
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1997-03-21
Duration: 86 min

1997 · 86 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $302.7M

Budget $45.0M

Gross minus budget $257.7M

ROI 6.73x

Domestic gross

$121.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$181.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$33.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Liar Liar ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #598 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #7 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #34 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #181 Comedy of 4,945 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 Liar Liar (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Liar Liar (1997) earned a reported $302.7M worldwide against a reported $45.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $257.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.73x. In this database it currently ranks #598 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #7 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross: $302,710,615
Budget: $45,000,000
Gross minus budget: $257,710,615
ROI: 6.73x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Mar 21, 1997
Production: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Liar Liar is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $302.7M, reported production budget is $45.0M, gross-minus-budget is $257.7M, ROI is 6.73x. For comparison, it currently sits #598 all-time in the current chart set and #7 among 1997 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.