#1,403 All-time worldwide

#20 1996 releases

Movie profile

Star Trek: First Contact

Name: Star Trek: First Contact
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1996-11-22
Duration: 111 min

1996 · 111 min · Paramount Pictures

Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $146.0M

Budget $46.0M

Gross minus budget $100.0M

ROI 3.17x

Domestic gross

$58.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$87.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$16.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Star Trek: First Contact ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,403 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #20 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #84 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Star Trek: The Next Generation of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #290 Science Fiction of 1,251 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 Star Trek: First Contact (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) earned a reported $146.0M worldwide against a reported $46.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $100.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.17x. In this database it currently ranks #1,403 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #20 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross: $146,027,888
Budget: $46,000,000
Gross minus budget: $100,027,888
ROI: 3.17x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 22, 1996
Production: Paramount Pictures
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures FranchiseStar Trek: The Next Generation Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Star Trek: First Contact is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Action, Adventure title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $146.0M, reported production budget is $46.0M, gross-minus-budget is $100.0M, ROI is 3.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,403 all-time in the current chart set and #20 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.