Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$6.8M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$7.3M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$2.9M
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Where The Arrival ranks
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How did The Arrival (1996) perform at the box office?
High confidenceThe Arrival (1996) earned a reported $14.1M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.56x. In this database it currently ranks #6,714 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #111 among 1996 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $14,063,331
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- -$10,936,669
- ROI
- 0.56x
Synopsis
Story
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1996, The Arrival is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror title from Live Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.1M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.9M, ROI is 0.56x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,714 all-time in the current chart set and #111 among 1996 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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