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#5,268 All-time worldwide
#161 2012 releases

Movie profile

Tad, the Lost Explorer

2012 · 92 min · Studio Canal

Animation Comedy Adventure Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.0M
Budget $10.5M
Gross minus budget $12.5M
ROI 2.19x

Domestic gross

$9.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tad, the Lost Explorer 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 #5,268 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #161 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #18 Studio Canal of 38 titles Position inside the mapped Studio Canal movie set. Franchise #3 The Adventures Of Tad Jones of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #505 Animation of 920 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 Tad, the Lost Explorer (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Tad, the Lost Explorer (2012) earned a reported $23.0M worldwide against a reported $10.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.19x. In this database it currently ranks #5,268 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #161 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,000,000
Budget
$10,500,000
Gross minus budget
$12,500,000
ROI
2.19x
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

Tad is a celebrity archaeologist and adventurer just like his hero Max Mordon... in his dreams! In reality, Tad is a Chicago construction worker. One day, however, he is mistaken for a real professor and takes his place on a flight to Peru in search of the lost city of Paititi.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 10, 2012
Production
StudioCanal, Lightbox Entertainment, Ikiru Films
Countries
FR, ES

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyStudio Canal FranchiseThe Adventures Of Tad Jones Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Tad, the Lost Explorer is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy, Adventure title from StudioCanal. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.0M, reported production budget is $10.5M, gross-minus-budget is $12.5M, ROI is 2.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,268 all-time in the current chart set and #161 among 2012 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.