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#2,342 All-time worldwide
#81 2018 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $83.9M
Budget $100.0M
Gross minus budget -$16.1M
ROI 0.84x

Domestic gross

$33.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$50.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mortal Engines ranks

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Quick answer

How did Mortal Engines (2018) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mortal Engines (2018) earned a reported $83.9M worldwide against a reported $100.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$16.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.84x. In this database it currently ranks #2,342 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #81 among 2018 releases.

Worldwide gross
$83,869,818
Budget
$100,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$16,130,182
ROI
0.84x
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

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 27, 2018
Production
Scholastic Productions, Silvertongue Films, Universal Pictures
Countries
NZ, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2018, Mortal Engines is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Science Fiction title from Scholastic Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $83.9M, reported production budget is $100.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$16.1M, ROI is 0.84x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,342 all-time in the current chart set and #81 among 2018 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.