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Matinee poster
#7,961 All-time worldwide
#120 1993 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.5M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.5M
ROI 0.68x

Domestic gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$857,961

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Matinee ranks

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Quick answer

How did Matinee (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Matinee (1993) earned a reported $9.5M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.68x. In this database it currently ranks #7,961 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #120 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,532,895
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,467,105
ROI
0.68x
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 showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 29, 1993
Production
Falcon Productions, Renfield Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, Matinee is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Falcon Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.5M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.5M, ROI is 0.68x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,961 all-time in the current chart set and #120 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.