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#4,255 All-time worldwide
#135 2017 releases

Movie profile

Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas

2017 · 85 min · 4 Cats Pictures

Animation Adventure Comedy Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $34.2M
Budget $10.8M
Gross minus budget $23.4M
ROI 3.17x

Domestic gross

$14.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$19.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas 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 #4,255 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2017 releases #135 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2017. Studio / company #1 4 Cats Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped 4 Cats Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 The Adventures Of Tad Jones of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #419 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, and the Secret of King Midas (2017) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas (2017) earned a reported $34.2M worldwide against a reported $10.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $23.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.17x. In this database it currently ranks #4,255 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #135 among 2017 releases.

Worldwide gross
$34,156,960
Budget
$10,778,400
Gross minus budget
$23,378,560
ROI
3.17x
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 dreams of becoming an archaeologist traveling the world, uncovering hidden secrets and lost treasure, but his job working construction keeps him daydreaming instead of exploring. The chance of a lifetime comes when he is invited to attend archaeologist Sara Lavrof's presentation of her latest discovery - the papyrus that proves the existence of the Necklace of Midas, the legendary King who turned everything he touched into solid gold.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 25, 2017
Production
4 Cats Pictures, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films
Countries
ES, GB

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Studio / production company4 Cats Pictures FranchiseThe Adventures Of Tad Jones Release year chart2017 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2017, Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Adventure, Comedy title from 4 Cats Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $34.2M, reported production budget is $10.8M, gross-minus-budget is $23.4M, ROI is 3.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,255 all-time in the current chart set and #135 among 2017 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.