#611 All-time worldwide

#21 2011 releases

Movie profile

Real Steel

Name: Real Steel
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 2011-09-28
Duration: 127 min

2011 · 127 min · Dream Works Pictures

Action Science Fiction Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $299.3M

Budget $110.0M

Gross minus budget $189.3M

ROI 2.72x

Domestic gross

$149.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$149.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$26.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Real Steel ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #611 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #21 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Studio / company #6 Dream Works Pictures of 56 titles Position inside the mapped Dream Works Pictures movie set. Primary genre #301 Action of 2,974 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.

#608 Stuart Little 1999 · $300.1M #609 Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 · $300.0M #610 Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016 · $299.5M #612 My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 · $299.3M #613 Migration 2023 · $298.8M #614 Horton Hears a Who! 2008 · $298.6M

Quick answer

How did Real Steel (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Real Steel (2011) earned a reported $299.3M worldwide against a reported $110.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $189.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.72x. In this database it currently ranks #611 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #21 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross: $299,300,000
Budget: $110,000,000
Gross minus budget: $189,300,000
ROI: 2.72x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Sep 28, 2011
Production: DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, 21 Laps Entertainment
Countries: US, IN

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Studio / production companyDream Works Pictures Release year chart2011 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, Real Steel is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Science Fiction, Drama title from DreamWorks Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $299.3M, reported production budget is $110.0M, gross-minus-budget is $189.3M, ROI is 2.72x. For comparison, it currently sits #611 all-time in the current chart set and #21 among 2011 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.