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#4,673 All-time worldwide
#72 1996 releases

Movie profile

The Frighteners

1996 · 110 min · Wing Nut Films

Horror Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.4M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$640,784
ROI 0.98x

Domestic gross

$14.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Frighteners 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 #4,673 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #72 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #2 Wing Nut Films of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Wing Nut Films movie set. Primary genre #461 Horror of 1,240 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.

#4,670 Baby Boy 2001 · $29.4M #4,671 Alibi.com 2017 · $29.4M #4,672 Nurse Betty 2000 · $29.4M #4,674 Mr. Holmes 2015 · $29.4M #4,675 Chhichhore 2019 · $29.4M #4,676 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 2004 · $29.3M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Frighteners (1996) earned a reported $29.4M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$640.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.98x. In this database it currently ranks #4,673 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #72 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,359,216
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$640,784
ROI
0.98x
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

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 19, 1996
Production
WingNut Films, Universal Pictures
Countries
NZ, US

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Studio / production companyWing Nut Films Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, The Frighteners is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Comedy title from WingNut Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.4M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$640,784, ROI is 0.98x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,673 all-time in the current chart set and #72 among 1996 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.