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#5,002 All-time worldwide
#89 1997 releases

Movie profile

Mimic

1997 · 105 min · Dimension Films

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.5M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.5M
ROI 0.85x

Domestic gross

$12.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mimic 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 #5,002 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #89 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #22 Dimension Films of 42 titles Position inside the mapped Dimension Films movie set. Primary genre #483 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.

#4,999 Halloween II 1981 · $25.5M #5,000 Look Who's Back 2015 · $25.5M #5,001 All About the Benjamins 2002 · $25.5M #5,003 83 2021 · $25.5M #5,004 Grindhouse 2007 · $25.4M #5,005 Ghost Dad 1990 · $25.4M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

Mimic (1997) earned a reported $25.5M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.85x. In this database it currently ranks #5,002 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #89 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,480,490
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,519,510
ROI
0.85x
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 disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 22, 1997
Production
Dimension Films
Countries
US, CA

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Studio / production companyDimension Films FranchiseMimic Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Mimic is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Dimension Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.5M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.5M, ROI is 0.85x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,002 all-time in the current chart set and #89 among 1997 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.