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#5,780 All-time worldwide
#100 1998 releases

Movie profile

Ring

1998 · 96 min · Kadokawa Shoten

Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.4M
Budget $1.2M
Gross minus budget $18.2M
ROI 16.17x

Domestic gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ring 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 #5,780 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #100 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #2 Kadokawa Shoten of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Kadokawa Shoten movie set. Franchise #3 Ring of 6 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #552 Horror of 1,240 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 Ring (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ring (1998) earned a reported $19.4M worldwide against a reported $1.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $18.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.17x. In this database it currently ranks #5,780 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #100 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,400,000
Budget
$1,200,000
Gross minus budget
$18,200,000
ROI
16.17x
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 mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 31, 1998
Production
KADOKAWA Shoten, Omega Project, Rasen Production Committee
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKadokawa Shoten FranchiseRing Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Ring is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from KADOKAWA Shoten. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.4M, reported production budget is $1.2M, gross-minus-budget is $18.2M, ROI is 16.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,780 all-time in the current chart set and #100 among 1998 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.