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#5,913 All-time worldwide
#60 1987 releases

Movie profile

Project X

1987 · 108 min · 20th Century Fox

Drama Comedy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.5M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget $532,286
ROI 1.03x

Domestic gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Project X 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 #5,913 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #60 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #98 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #2,392 Drama of 5,859 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.

#5,910 Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! 1992 · $18.6M #5,911 Some Kind of Wonderful 1987 · $18.6M #5,912 The Visitors: Bastille Day 2016 · $18.6M #5,914 Black Christmas 2019 · $18.5M #5,915 The Turkish Gambit 2005 · $18.5M #5,916 Hævn 2016 · $18.5M

Quick answer

How did Project X (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Project X (1987) earned a reported $18.5M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $532.3K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.03x. In this database it currently ranks #5,913 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #60 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,532,286
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
$532,286
ROI
1.03x
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 young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 17, 1987
Production
20th Century Fox, Amercent Films, American Entertainment Partners L.P.
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Project X is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.5M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is $532,286, ROI is 1.03x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,913 all-time in the current chart set and #60 among 1987 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.