#309 All-time worldwide

#4 1999 releases

Movie profile

The Matrix

Name: The Matrix
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1999-03-31
Duration: 136 min

1999 · 136 min · Village Roadshow Pictures

Action Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $463.5M

Budget $63.0M

Gross minus budget $400.5M

ROI 7.36x

Domestic gross

$185.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$278.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$51.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Matrix ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #309 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #2 Village Roadshow Pictures of 36 titles Position inside the mapped Village Roadshow Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 The Matrix of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #163 Action of 2,974 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.

#306 Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 · $467.4M #307 Pegasus 2 2024 · $466.9M #308 Gladiator 2000 · $465.5M #310 Pretty Woman 1990 · $463.4M #311 Gladiator II 2024 · $462.2M #312 Cars 2006 · $462.0M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Matrix (1999) earned a reported $463.5M worldwide against a reported $63.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $400.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.36x. In this database it currently ranks #309 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross: $463,517,383
Budget: $63,000,000
Gross minus budget: $400,517,383
ROI: 7.36x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. 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 a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Mar 31, 1999
Production: Village Roadshow Pictures, Groucho II Film Partnership, Silver Pictures
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Writers: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, The Matrix is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Science Fiction title from Village Roadshow Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $463.5M, reported production budget is $63.0M, gross-minus-budget is $400.5M, ROI is 7.36x. For comparison, it currently sits #309 all-time in the current chart set and #4 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.