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#2,907 All-time worldwide
#95 2006 releases

Movie profile

Snakes on a Plane

2006 · 105 min · New Line Cinema

Action Thriller Adventure Crime Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $62.0M
Budget $33.0M
Gross minus budget $29.0M
ROI 1.88x

Domestic gross

$29.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$32.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$12.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Snakes on a Plane 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 #2,907 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #95 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #62 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #1,049 Action of 2,939 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.

#2,904 White Snake 2019 · $62.1M #2,905 Kraven the Hunter 2024 · $62.1M #2,906 Brooklyn 2015 · $62.1M #2,908 Drop Zone 1994 · $62.0M #2,908 Inside Men 2015 · $62.0M #2,908 Chennai Express 2013 · $62.0M

Quick answer

How did Snakes on a Plane (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Snakes on a Plane (2006) earned a reported $62.0M worldwide against a reported $33.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $29.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.88x. In this database it currently ranks #2,907 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #95 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$62,022,014
Budget
$33,000,000
Gross minus budget
$29,022,014
ROI
1.88x
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

FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 17, 2006
Production
New Line Cinema, Mutual Film Company, Meradin Zweite Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Snakes on a Plane is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Adventure title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $62.0M, reported production budget is $33.0M, gross-minus-budget is $29.0M, ROI is 1.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,907 all-time in the current chart set and #95 among 2006 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.