#1,467 All-time worldwide

#12 1988 releases

Movie profile

The Bear

Name: The Bear
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Released: 1988-10-21
Duration: 97 min

1988 · 97 min · Renn Productions

Adventure Drama Family

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $138.2M

Budget $25.0M

Gross minus budget $113.2M

ROI 5.53x

Domestic gross

$59.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$78.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$17.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Bear ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,467 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #12 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #1 Renn Productions of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Renn Productions movie set. Primary genre #566 Adventure of 2,164 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.

#1,464 Platoon 1986 · $138.5M #1,465 Nine Months 1995 · $138.5M #1,466 The Admiral: Roaring Currents 2014 · $138.3M #1,468 America's Sweethearts 2001 · $138.2M #1,469 Smile 2 2024 · $138.1M #1,470 The Angry Birds Movie 2 2019 · $137.8M

Quick answer

How did The Bear (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Bear (1988) earned a reported $138.2M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $113.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.53x. In this database it currently ranks #1,467 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #12 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross: $138,241,022
Budget: $25,000,000
Gross minus budget: $113,241,022
ROI: 5.53x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 21, 1988
Production: Renn Productions, Price, Pathé
Countries: FR, US

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Studio / production companyRenn Productions Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The Bear is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, Family title from Renn Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $138.2M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is $113.2M, ROI is 5.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,467 all-time in the current chart set and #12 among 1988 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.