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#79 All-time worldwide

#1 1999 releases

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Name: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Genre: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1999-05-19
Duration: 136 min

1999 · 136 min · Lucasfilm Ltd..

Adventure Action Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $924.3M

Budget $115.0M

Gross minus budget $809.3M

ROI 8.04x

Domestic gross

$388.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$536.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$143.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #79 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #5 Lucasfilm Ltd.. of 21 titles Position inside the mapped Lucasfilm Ltd.. movie set. Franchise #4 Star Wars of 9 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #62 Adventure of 2,164 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.

#76 Shrek 2 2004 · $935.5M #77 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 · $934.0M #78 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 · $926.3M #80 Jurassic Park 1993 · $920.1M #81 Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 · $910.8M #82 The Battle at Lake Changjin 2021 · $902.5M

Quick answer

How did Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) earned a reported $924.3M worldwide against a reported $115.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $809.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.04x. In this database it currently ranks #79 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross: $924,317,558
Budget: $115,000,000
Gross minus budget: $809,317,558
ROI: 8.04x

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

Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long-dormant Sith resurface to claim their former glory.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 19, 1999
Production: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Director: George Lucas
Writers: George Lucas
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyLucasfilm Ltd.. FranchiseStar Wars Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAction Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Action, Science Fiction title from Lucasfilm Ltd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $924.3M, reported production budget is $115.0M, gross-minus-budget is $809.3M, ROI is 8.04x. For comparison, it currently sits #79 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1999 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.