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#10,443 All-time worldwide
#156 1992 releases

Movie profile

Mom and Dad Save the World

1992 · 88 min · Mercury

Adventure Comedy Family Science Fiction Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.0M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget -$12.0M
ROI 0.14x

Domestic gross

$860,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$258,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mom and Dad Save the World 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 #10,443 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #156 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Primary genre #1,949 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#10,440 The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · $2.0M #10,441 Betty Blue 1986 · $2.0M #10,442 Nemesis 1992 · $2.0M #10,500 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 · $2.0M #10,501 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,502 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$12.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.14x. In this database it currently ranks #10,443 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #156 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$12,000,000
ROI
0.14x
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

Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful emperor to the throne.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 24, 1992
Production
Mercury, Cinema Plus, Douglas
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMercury Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Mom and Dad Save the World is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Comedy, Family title from Mercury. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$12.0M, ROI is 0.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,443 all-time in the current chart set and #156 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.