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#2,165 All-time worldwide
#44 1998 releases

Movie profile

The Parent Trap

1998 · 128 min · Walt Disney Pictures

Comedy Family Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $92.1M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $77.1M
ROI 6.14x

Domestic gross

$39.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$52.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Parent Trap 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 #2,165 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #44 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #70 Walt Disney Pictures of 125 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Pictures movie set. Primary genre #795 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 Parent Trap (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Parent Trap (1998) earned a reported $92.1M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $77.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.14x. In this database it currently ranks #2,165 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #44 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$92,108,518
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$77,108,518
ROI
6.14x
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

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 28, 1998
Production
Walt Disney Pictures, The Meyers/Shyer Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Pictures Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, The Parent Trap is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Family, Romance title from Walt Disney Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $92.1M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $77.1M, ROI is 6.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,165 all-time in the current chart set and #44 among 1998 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.