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#3,416 All-time worldwide
#45 1994 releases

Movie profile

The Paper

1994 · 112 min · Imagine Entertainment

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $48.4M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $42.4M
ROI 8.07x

Domestic gross

$24.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$24.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Paper 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 #3,416 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #45 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #8 Imagine Entertainment of 23 titles Position inside the mapped Imagine Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,293 Comedy of 4,840 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 Paper (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Paper (1994) earned a reported $48.4M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $42.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.07x. In this database it currently ranks #3,416 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #45 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$48,400,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$42,400,000
ROI
8.07x
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

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 18, 1994
Production
Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyImagine Entertainment Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, The Paper is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Imagine Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $48.4M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $42.4M, ROI is 8.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,416 all-time in the current chart set and #45 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.