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#6,801 All-time worldwide
#107 1994 releases

Movie profile

The Pagemaster

1994 · 75 min · 20th Century Fox

Family Fantasy Animation
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.7M
Budget $27.0M
Gross minus budget -$13.3M
ROI 0.51x

Domestic gross

$5.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Pagemaster 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 #6,801 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #107 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #106 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #951 Family of 1,380 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 Pagemaster (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Pagemaster (1994) earned a reported $13.7M worldwide against a reported $27.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$13.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.51x. In this database it currently ranks #6,801 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #107 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,670,688
Budget
$27,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$13,329,312
ROI
0.51x
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

Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 23, 1994
Production
20th Century Fox, Turner Pictures, David Kirschner Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAnimation

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, The Pagemaster is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Fantasy, Animation title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.7M, reported production budget is $27.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$13.3M, ROI is 0.51x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,801 all-time in the current chart set and #107 among 1994 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.