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#7,284 All-time worldwide
#127 1999 releases

Movie profile

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999 · 73 min · Jim Henson Pictures

Family Comedy Adventure Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.7M
Budget $26.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.3M
ROI 0.45x

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 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 #7,284 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #2 Jim Henson Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Jim Henson Pictures movie set. Primary genre #992 Family of 1,380 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 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) earned a reported $11.7M worldwide against a reported $26.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.45x. In this database it currently ranks #7,284 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,700,000
Budget
$26,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,300,000
ROI
0.45x
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

Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth, Elmo goes on an adventure to Grouchland to retrieve his prized possession.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 1, 1999
Production
Jim Henson Pictures, Children's Television Workshop, Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyJim Henson Pictures Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartMusic

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Comedy, Adventure title from Jim Henson Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.7M, reported production budget is $26.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.3M, ROI is 0.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,284 all-time in the current chart set and #127 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.