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#5,897 All-time worldwide
#100 1996 releases

Movie profile

The Fan

1996 · 116 min · Tri Star Pictures

Thriller Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.6M
Budget $55.0M
Gross minus budget -$36.4M
ROI 0.34x

Domestic gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Fan 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 #5,897 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #100 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #45 Tri Star Pictures of 96 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,354 Thriller of 2,567 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 Fan (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Fan (1996) earned a reported $18.6M worldwide against a reported $55.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$36.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.34x. In this database it currently ranks #5,897 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #100 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,626,419
Budget
$55,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$36,373,581
ROI
0.34x
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 the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan, Gil Renard. When Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory—not even murder.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 15, 1996
Production
TriStar Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment, Scott Free Productions
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTri Star Pictures Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, The Fan is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Action, Drama title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.6M, reported production budget is $55.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$36.4M, ROI is 0.34x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,897 all-time in the current chart set and #100 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.