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#12,753 All-time worldwide
#237 1988 releases

Movie profile

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog

1988 · 8 min · Weston Woods Studios

Animation Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1,217
Budget $1,217
Gross minus budget —
ROI 1.00x

Domestic gross

$523

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$694

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$157

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Caterpillar and the Polliwog 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 #12,753 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #237 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Primary genre #917 Animation of 920 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.

#12,750 Ogroff 1983 · $1,500 #12,751 Children of Paradise 1945 · $1,457 #12,752 The Mummy 1932 · $1,408 #12,754 Bride of Re-Animator 1990 · $1,215 #12,755 A River Called Titas 1973 · $1,100 #12,756 Üç Kizin Tanisma Hikayesi 2027 · $1,000

Quick answer

How did The Caterpillar and the Polliwog (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog (1988) earned a reported $1.2K worldwide against a reported $1.2K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $0. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,753 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #237 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,217
Budget
$1,217
Gross minus budget
$0
ROI
1.00x
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

Impressed by the proud caterpillar's boast that she will turn into a butterfly when she grows up, a polliwog determines to watch the caterpillar very carefully and turn into a butterfly too.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 1, 1988
Production
Weston Woods Studios, DMI Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The Caterpillar and the Polliwog is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Family title from Weston Woods Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1,217, reported production budget is $1,217, ROI is 1.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,753 all-time in the current chart set and #237 among 1988 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.