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#1,230 All-time worldwide
#46 2019 releases

Movie profile

Rocketman

2019 · 121 min · Paramount Pictures

Music Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $167.3M
Budget $40.0M
Gross minus budget $127.3M
ROI 4.18x

Domestic gross

$83.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$83.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$15.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rocketman 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 #1,230 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2019 releases #46 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2019. Studio / company #72 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #29 Music of 561 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.

#1,227 Fantastic Four 2015 · $168.0M #1,228 Unstoppable 2010 · $167.8M #1,229 Morbius 2022 · $167.6M #1,231 Alexander 2004 · $167.3M #1,232 Magic Mike 2012 · $167.2M #1,233 Up in the Air 2009 · $166.8M

Quick answer

How did Rocketman (2019) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Rocketman (2019) earned a reported $167.3M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $127.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.18x. In this database it currently ranks #1,230 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #46 among 2019 releases.

Worldwide gross
$167,300,000
Budget
$40,000,000
Gross minus budget
$127,300,000
ROI
4.18x
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 story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 17, 2019
Production
Paramount Pictures, New Republic Pictures, Marv
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart2019 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2019, Rocketman is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Drama title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $167.3M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is $127.3M, ROI is 4.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,230 all-time in the current chart set and #46 among 2019 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.