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#11,042 All-time worldwide
#189 1996 releases

Movie profile

The Ideal Man

1996 · 110 min · Cinépix Film Properties (Cfp)

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$480,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$720,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$134,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Ideal Man 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 #11,042 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #189 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #1 Cinépix Film Properties (Cfp) of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Cinépix Film Properties (Cfp) movie set. Primary genre #4,236 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.

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Quick answer

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

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The Ideal Man (1996) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.2M. In this database it currently ranks #11,042 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #189 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mean that the three men meet. Far from being hostile, Stéphane, Fabrice and Paul console each other....

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 29, 1996
Production
Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
Countries
CA

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCinépix Film Properties (Cfp) Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, The Ideal Man is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Cinépix Film Properties (CFP). Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M. For comparison, it currently sits #11,042 all-time in the current chart set and #189 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.