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#12,049 All-time worldwide
#208 1992 releases

Movie profile

Man Bites Dog

1992 · 96 min · Les Artistes Anonymes

Comedy Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $205,569
Budget $33,000
Gross minus budget $172,569
ROI 6.23x

Domestic gross

$82,228

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$123,341

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$23,024

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Man Bites Dog 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 #12,049 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #208 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Primary genre #4,576 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#12,046 I Married a Strange Person! 1998 · $206,272 #12,047 Onegin 1999 · $206,128 #12,048 Rikky and Pete 1988 · $206,000 #12,050 Frankenhooker 1990 · $205,068 #12,051 The Boys of St. Vincent 1994 · $204,540 #12,052 Pelotazo nacional 1993 · $204,221

Quick answer

How did Man Bites Dog (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Man Bites Dog (1992) earned a reported $205.6K worldwide against a reported $33.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $172.6K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.23x. In this database it currently ranks #12,049 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #208 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$205,569
Budget
$33,000
Gross minus budget
$172,569
ROI
6.23x
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

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 20, 1992
Production
Les Artistes Anonymes
Countries
BE

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Studio / production companyLes Artistes Anonymes Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Man Bites Dog is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime title from Les Artistes Anonymes. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $205,569, reported production budget is $33,000, gross-minus-budget is $172,569, ROI is 6.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,049 all-time in the current chart set and #208 among 1992 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.