#3,248 All-time worldwide

#20 1985 releases

Movie profile

The Breakfast Club

Name: The Breakfast Club
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1985-02-15
Duration: 98 min

1985 · 98 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $51.5M

Budget $1.0M

Gross minus budget $50.5M

ROI 51.53x

Domestic gross

$25.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$25.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Breakfast Club ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,248 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #20 Release-year chart position of 185 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #169 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,235 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.

#3,245 Hocus Pocus 1993 · $51.7M #3,246 Sleeping Beauty 1959 · $51.6M #3,247 College Road Trip 2008 · $51.5M #3,249 One Life 2023 · $51.4M #3,250 Daybreakers 2010 · $51.4M #3,251 I Spy 2002 · $51.4M

Quick answer

How did The Breakfast Club (1985) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Breakfast Club (1985) earned a reported $51.5M worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $50.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 51.53x. In this database it currently ranks #3,248 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #20 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross: $51,530,442
Budget: $1,000,000
Gross minus budget: $50,530,442
ROI: 51.53x

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: Feb 15, 1985
Production: Universal Pictures, A&M Films, Channel Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, The Breakfast Club is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $51.5M, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is $50.5M, ROI is 51.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,248 all-time in the current chart set and #20 among 1985 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.