#1,034 All-time worldwide

#8 1991 releases

Movie profile

The Addams Family

Name: The Addams Family
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1991-11-22
Duration: 100 min

1991 · 100 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy Fantasy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $191.5M

Budget $30.0M

Gross minus budget $161.5M

ROI 6.38x

Domestic gross

$76.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$114.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$21.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Addams Family ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,034 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1991 releases #8 Release-year chart position of 230 titles Ranked against movies released in 1991. Studio / company #62 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Addams Family of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #361 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#1,031 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 · $192.6M #1,032 The Equalizer 2014 · $192.3M #1,033 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 1991 · $192.0M #1,035 The Longest Yard 2005 · $191.5M #1,036 The Living Daylights 1987 · $191.2M #1,037 The Equalizer 3 2023 · $191.1M

Quick answer

How did The Addams Family (1991) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Addams Family (1991) earned a reported $191.5M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $161.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.38x. In this database it currently ranks #1,034 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #8 among 1991 releases.

Worldwide gross: $191,502,426
Budget: $30,000,000
Gross minus budget: $161,502,426
ROI: 6.38x

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.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 22, 1991
Production: Paramount Pictures, Orion Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures FranchiseAddams Family Release year chart1991 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1991, The Addams Family is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Fantasy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $191.5M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $161.5M, ROI is 6.38x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,034 all-time in the current chart set and #8 among 1991 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.