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#9,569 All-time worldwide
#123 1986 releases

Movie profile

The Manhattan Project

1986 · 118 min · Gladden Entertainment

Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.9M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.1M
ROI 0.22x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$436,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Manhattan Project 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 #9,569 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #123 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #5 Gladden Entertainment of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Gladden Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,032 Science Fiction of 1,234 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.

#9,566 Resurrection 1980 · $3.9M #9,567 Paris Is Burning 1991 · $3.9M #9,568 Warlock: The Armageddon 1993 · $3.9M #9,575 The Spanish Apartment 2002 · $3.9M #9,576 Romance 1999 · $3.9M #9,577 The Snow Queen and the Princess 2022 · $3.9M

Quick answer

How did The Manhattan Project (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Manhattan Project (1986) earned a reported $3.9M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.22x. In this database it currently ranks #9,569 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #123 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,900,000
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,100,000
ROI
0.22x
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

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 13, 1986
Production
Gladden Entertainment
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyGladden Entertainment Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, The Manhattan Project is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Thriller title from Gladden Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.9M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.1M, ROI is 0.22x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,569 all-time in the current chart set and #123 among 1986 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.