#1,046 All-time worldwide

#14 1994 releases

Movie profile

The Santa Clause

Name: The Santa Clause
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Family
Released: 1994-11-11
Duration: 97 min

1994 · 97 min · Walt Disney Pictures

Fantasy Drama Comedy Family

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $189.8M

Budget $22.0M

Gross minus budget $167.8M

ROI 8.63x

Domestic gross

$81.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$108.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$24.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Santa Clause ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,046 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 242 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #46 Walt Disney Pictures of 125 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 The Santa Clause of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #220 Fantasy of 1,306 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.

#1,043 Hollow Man 2000 · $190.2M #1,044 Cheaper by the Dozen 2003 · $190.2M #1,045 Outbreak 1995 · $189.9M #1,047 Gnomeo & Juliet 2011 · $189.7M #1,048 A Aa 2016 · $189.4M #1,049 The X-Files 1998 · $189.2M

Quick answer

How did The Santa Clause (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Santa Clause (1994) earned a reported $189.8M worldwide against a reported $22.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $167.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.63x. In this database it currently ranks #1,046 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross: $189,833,357
Budget: $22,000,000
Gross minus budget: $167,833,357
ROI: 8.63x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 11, 1994
Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Outlaw Productions
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Pictures FranchiseThe Santa Clause Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, The Santa Clause is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Drama, Comedy title from Walt Disney Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $189.8M, reported production budget is $22.0M, gross-minus-budget is $167.8M, ROI is 8.63x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,046 all-time in the current chart set and #14 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.