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#8,201 All-time worldwide
#235 2012 releases

Movie profile

On the Road

2012 · 142 min · Mk2 Films

Adventure Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.8M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget -$16.2M
ROI 0.35x

Domestic gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$790,589

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where On the Road 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 #8,201 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #235 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #2 Mk2 Films of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Mk2 Films movie set. Primary genre #1,675 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.

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Quick answer

How did On the Road (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

On the Road (2012) earned a reported $8.8M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$16.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.35x. In this database it currently ranks #8,201 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #235 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,784,318
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$16,215,682
ROI
0.35x
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

Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 22, 2012
Production
MK2 Films, Film4 Productions, France 2 Cinéma
Countries
BR, FR, GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMk2 Films Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, On the Road is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama title from MK2 Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.8M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$16.2M, ROI is 0.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,201 all-time in the current chart set and #235 among 2012 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.