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#8,403 All-time worldwide
#127 1993 releases

Movie profile

The Meteor Man

1993 · 100 min · Tinsel Townsend

Fantasy Action Comedy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.0M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$12.0M
ROI 0.40x

Domestic gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$896,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Meteor 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 #8,403 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Primary genre #1,002 Fantasy of 1,285 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 Meteor Man (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Meteor Man (1993) earned a reported $8.0M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$12.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.40x. In this database it currently ranks #8,403 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,000,000
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$12,000,000
ROI
0.40x
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

One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 6, 1993
Production
Tinsel Townsend, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTinsel Townsend Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, The Meteor Man is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Action, Comedy title from Tinsel Townsend. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.0M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$12.0M, ROI is 0.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,403 all-time in the current chart set and #127 among 1993 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.