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#3,802 All-time worldwide
#26 1985 releases

Movie profile

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985 · 91 min · Aspen Film Society

Comedy Adventure Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $40.9M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $34.9M
ROI 6.82x

Domestic gross

$17.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Pee-wee's Big Adventure 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 #3,802 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #26 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #1 Aspen Film Society of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Aspen Film Society movie set. Franchise #1 Pee Wee's of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,440 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#3,799 Would I Lie to You? 3 2012 · $40.9M #3,800 Drive Angry 2011 · $40.9M #3,801 Falling Down 1993 · $40.9M #3,804 Underwater 2020 · $40.9M #3,805 The Love Guru 2008 · $40.9M #3,806 House on Haunted Hill 1999 · $40.8M

Quick answer

How did Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) earned a reported $40.9M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $34.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.82x. In this database it currently ranks #3,802 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #26 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$40,900,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$34,900,000
ROI
6.82x
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

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 26, 1985
Production
Aspen Film Society, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAspen Film Society FranchisePee Wee's Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFamily

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Pee-wee's Big Adventure is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Adventure, Family title from Aspen Film Society. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $40.9M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $34.9M, ROI is 6.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,802 all-time in the current chart set and #26 among 1985 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.