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#6,966 All-time worldwide
#98 1993 releases

Movie profile

Man's Best Friend

1993 · 97 min · Roven Cavallo Entertainment

Horror Science Fiction Thriller Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.0M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $7.0M
ROI 2.16x

Domestic gross

$6.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Man's Best Friend 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 #6,966 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #98 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Primary genre #671 Horror of 1,240 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 Man's Best Friend (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Man's Best Friend (1993) earned a reported $13.0M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.16x. In this database it currently ranks #6,966 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #98 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,974,636
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$6,974,636
ROI
2.16x
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 genetic research facility worker exposes animal abuses there to a local TV reporter, who frees and takes in a genetically altered dog from the lab, unaware that he has a violent streak.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 19, 1993
Production
Roven-Cavallo Entertainment, New Line Cinema
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyRoven Cavallo Entertainment Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartThriller Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Man's Best Friend is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller title from Roven-Cavallo Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.0M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.0M, ROI is 2.16x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,966 all-time in the current chart set and #98 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.