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#4,589 All-time worldwide
#69 1995 releases

Movie profile

Major Payne

1995 · 95 min · Universal Pictures

Adventure Comedy Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $30.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$12.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Major Payne ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #4,589 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #211 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,145 Adventure of 2,138 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 Major Payne (1995) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Major Payne (1995) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $30.1M. In this database it currently ranks #4,589 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$30,112,050
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 24, 1995
Production
Universal Pictures, Wife 'n' Kids
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, Major Payne is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Comedy, Family title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $30.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #4,589 all-time in the current chart set and #69 among 1995 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.