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#3,987 All-time worldwide
#59 1996 releases

Movie profile

Sgt. Bilko

1996 · 90 min · Imagine Entertainment

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $38.0M
Budget $39.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.0M
ROI 0.97x

Domestic gross

$15.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sgt. Bilko 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 #3,987 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #59 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #12 Imagine Entertainment of 23 titles Position inside the mapped Imagine Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,515 Comedy of 4,840 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 Sgt. Bilko (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Sgt. Bilko (1996) earned a reported $38.0M worldwide against a reported $39.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.97x. In this database it currently ranks #3,987 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #59 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$37,956,793
Budget
$39,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,043,207
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

The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 29, 1996
Production
Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyImagine Entertainment Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Sgt. Bilko is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Imagine Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $38.0M, reported production budget is $39.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.0M, ROI is 0.97x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,987 all-time in the current chart set and #59 among 1996 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.