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#10,381 All-time worldwide
#174 1993 releases

Movie profile

The Nutcracker

1993 · 92 min · Regency Enterprises

Fantasy Music Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.1M
Budget $19.0M
Gross minus budget -$16.9M
ROI 0.11x

Domestic gross

$911,597

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$273,479

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Nutcracker 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 #10,381 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #174 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Studio / company #30 Regency Enterprises of 34 titles Position inside the mapped Regency Enterprises movie set. Primary genre #1,152 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.

#10,378 The Last Wave 1977 · $2.1M #10,379 Mallrats 1995 · $2.1M #10,380 Videodrome 1983 · $2.1M #10,382 Children's Island 1980 · $2.1M #10,383 State Property 2002 · $2.1M #10,384 Faithful 1996 · $2.1M

Quick answer

How did The Nutcracker (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Nutcracker (1993) earned a reported $2.1M worldwide against a reported $19.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$16.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.11x. In this database it currently ranks #10,381 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #174 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,119,994
Budget
$19,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$16,880,006
ROI
0.11x
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

On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the Mouse King.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 24, 1993
Production
Regency Enterprises, Elektra Entertainment Group
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, The Nutcracker is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Music, Family title from Regency Enterprises. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.1M, reported production budget is $19.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$16.9M, ROI is 0.11x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,381 all-time in the current chart set and #174 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.