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#5,237 All-time worldwide
#92 1999 releases

Movie profile

The Iron Giant

1999 · 86 min · Warner Bros. Feature Animation

Animation Drama Family Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.3M
Budget $50.0M
Gross minus budget -$26.7M
ROI 0.47x

Domestic gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Iron Giant 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 #5,237 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #92 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Primary genre #502 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Iron Giant (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Iron Giant (1999) earned a reported $23.3M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$26.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.47x. In this database it currently ranks #5,237 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #92 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,300,000
Budget
$50,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$26,700,000
ROI
0.47x
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

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 6, 1999
Production
Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Feature Animation Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, The Iron Giant is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Drama, Family title from Warner Bros. Feature Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.3M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$26.7M, ROI is 0.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,237 all-time in the current chart set and #92 among 1999 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.