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#9,623 All-time worldwide
#175 1999 releases

Movie profile

The Big Kahuna

1999 · 90 min · Franchise Pictures

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.7M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.3M
ROI 0.53x

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$335,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Big Kahuna 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 #9,623 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #175 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #12 Franchise Pictures of 13 titles Position inside the mapped Franchise Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,741 Comedy of 4,840 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 Big Kahuna (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Big Kahuna (1999) earned a reported $3.7M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.53x. In this database it currently ranks #9,623 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #175 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,728,888
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,271,112
ROI
0.53x
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

Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 17, 1999
Production
Franchise Pictures, Trigger Street Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyFranchise Pictures Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, The Big Kahuna is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Franchise Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.7M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.3M, ROI is 0.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,623 all-time in the current chart set and #175 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.