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#1,949 All-time worldwide
#29 1996 releases

Movie profile

The Cable Guy

1996 · 96 min · Columbia Pictures

Comedy Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $102.8M
Budget $47.0M
Gross minus budget $55.8M
ROI 2.19x

Domestic gross

$51.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$51.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Cable Guy 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 #1,949 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #29 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #96 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #709 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.

#1,946 Resident Evil 2002 · $103.0M #1,947 Just Like Heaven 2005 · $102.9M #1,948 My Bloody Valentine 2009 · $102.8M #1,950 Love & Other Drugs 2010 · $102.8M #1,951 Project X 2012 · $102.7M #1,952 Primal Fear 1996 · $102.6M

Quick answer

How did The Cable Guy (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Cable Guy (1996) earned a reported $102.8M worldwide against a reported $47.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $55.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.19x. In this database it currently ranks #1,949 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #29 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$102,825,796
Budget
$47,000,000
Gross minus budget
$55,825,796
ROI
2.19x
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

When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the 'friendship', Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behaviour.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 10, 1996
Production
Columbia Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Licht/Mueller Film Corporation
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, The Cable Guy is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Thriller title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $102.8M, reported production budget is $47.0M, gross-minus-budget is $55.8M, ROI is 2.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,949 all-time in the current chart set and #29 among 1996 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.