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#1,835 All-time worldwide
#77 2016 releases

Movie profile

The 5th Wave

2016 · 112 min · L Star Capital

Science Fiction Adventure Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $109.9M
Budget $38.0M
Gross minus budget $71.9M
ROI 2.89x

Domestic gross

$44.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$65.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$12.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The 5th Wave 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 #1,835 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #77 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #1 L Star Capital of 3 titles Position inside the mapped L Star Capital movie set. Primary genre #344 Science Fiction of 1,234 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.

#1,832 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 2015 · $110.0M #1,833 Hoodwinked! 2005 · $110.0M #1,833 Free Birds 2013 · $110.0M #1,836 Return to Never Land 2002 · $109.9M #1,837 Masters of the Universe 2026 · $109.7M #1,838 The Prestige 2006 · $109.7M

Quick answer

How did The 5th Wave (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The 5th Wave (2016) earned a reported $109.9M worldwide against a reported $38.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $71.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.89x. In this database it currently ranks #1,835 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #77 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$109,906,372
Budget
$38,000,000
Gross minus budget
$71,906,372
ROI
2.89x
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

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 14, 2016
Production
LStar Capital, Columbia Pictures, GK Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, The 5th Wave is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Adventure, Action title from LStar Capital. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $109.9M, reported production budget is $38.0M, gross-minus-budget is $71.9M, ROI is 2.89x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,835 all-time in the current chart set and #77 among 2016 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.