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#4,276 All-time worldwide
#77 1997 releases

Movie profile

The Relic

1997 · 110 min · Mutual Film Company

Horror Mystery Thriller Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $34.0M
Budget $60.0M
Gross minus budget -$26.0M
ROI 0.57x

Domestic gross

$16.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Relic 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 #4,276 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #77 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #2 Mutual Film Company of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Mutual Film Company movie set. Primary genre #417 Horror of 1,240 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 Relic (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Relic (1997) earned a reported $34.0M worldwide against a reported $60.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$26.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.57x. In this database it currently ranks #4,276 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #77 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$33,956,608
Budget
$60,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$26,043,392
ROI
0.57x
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

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 10, 1997
Production
Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures, TOHO-TOWA
Countries
DE, JP, GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMutual Film Company Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, The Relic is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Thriller title from Mutual Film Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $34.0M, reported production budget is $60.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$26.0M, ROI is 0.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,276 all-time in the current chart set and #77 among 1997 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.