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#6,425 All-time worldwide
#106 1997 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.4M
Budget $16.0M
Gross minus budget -$551,957
ROI 0.97x

Domestic gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where RocketMan ranks

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Quick answer

How did RocketMan (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

RocketMan (1997) earned a reported $15.4M worldwide against a reported $16.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$552.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.97x. In this database it currently ranks #6,425 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #106 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,448,043
Budget
$16,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$551,957
ROI
0.97x
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

An accident-prone and obnoxious geek joins a NASA space mission to Mars. During the flight, he manages to put himself and the entire crew in jeopardy, but is in danger of emerging as a hero when his new colleagues need him to save them from the unforgiving surface of the red planet.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 10, 1997
Production
Walt Disney Pictures, Caravan Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, RocketMan is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Family, Science Fiction title from Walt Disney Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.4M, reported production budget is $16.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$551,957, ROI is 0.97x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,425 all-time in the current chart set and #106 among 1997 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.