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#10,530 All-time worldwide
#183 1997 releases

Movie profile

Masterminds

1997 · 105 min · Columbia Pictures

Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.9M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget -$8.1M
ROI 0.19x

Domestic gross

$774,216

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$216,780

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Masterminds 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 #10,530 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #183 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #249 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,683 Action of 2,939 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.

#10,527 Happy, Texas 1999 · $1.9M #10,528 Madame Bovary 1991 · $1.9M #10,529 Spellbinder 1988 · $1.9M #10,531 Erik the Viking 1989 · $1.9M #10,532 High Art 1998 · $1.9M #10,533 Zombie Flesh Eaters 1979 · $1.9M

Quick answer

How did Masterminds (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Masterminds (1997) earned a reported $1.9M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$8.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.19x. In this database it currently ranks #10,530 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #183 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,935,539
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$8,064,461
ROI
0.19x
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 rebellious computer engineering prodigy uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the students at his prestigious private school hostage.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 22, 1997
Production
Columbia Pictures, Dunlevy Pictures, Pacific Motion Pictures
Countries
CA, GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Masterminds is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Comedy title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$8.1M, ROI is 0.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,530 all-time in the current chart set and #183 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.