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#9,229 All-time worldwide
#148 1993 releases

Movie profile

Little Buddha

1993 · 123 min · Recorded Picture Company

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.9M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget -$30.1M
ROI 0.14x

Domestic gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$441,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Little Buddha 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 #9,229 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #148 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #3 Recorded Picture Company of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Recorded Picture Company movie set. Primary genre #3,963 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.

#9,225 The Magnificent Seven 1960 · $4.9M #9,227 A Dog's Will 2000 · $4.9M #9,228 A Great Awakening 2026 · $4.9M #9,238 The Seduction 1982 · $4.9M #9,239 Invaders from Mars 1986 · $4.9M #9,240 Absolutely Fabulous 2001 · $4.9M

Quick answer

How did Little Buddha (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Little Buddha (1993) earned a reported $4.9M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$30.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.14x. In this database it currently ranks #9,229 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #148 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,900,000
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$30,100,000
ROI
0.14x
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

After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 1, 1993
Production
Recorded Picture Company, CiBy 2000, Serprocor Anstalt
Countries
FR, IT, LI, GB

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Little Buddha is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title from Recorded Picture Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.9M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$30.1M, ROI is 0.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,229 all-time in the current chart set and #148 among 1993 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.