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#8,987 All-time worldwide
#101 1986 releases

Movie profile

The Transformers: The Movie

1986 · 85 min · Marvel Productions

Animation Science Fiction Action Adventure Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.9M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget -$139,399
ROI 0.98x

Domestic gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$910,737

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Transformers: The Movie 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 #8,987 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #101 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Primary genre #795 Animation of 920 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.

#8,984 Be There or Be Square 1998 · $5.9M #8,985 The Opposite of Sex 1998 · $5.9M #8,986 Palmetto 1998 · $5.9M #8,988 The Hitcher 1986 · $5.8M #8,989 Little Nicholas' Treasure 2021 · $5.8M #8,990 The Last Seduction 1994 · $5.8M

Quick answer

How did The Transformers: The Movie (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Transformers: The Movie (1986) earned a reported $5.9M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$139.4K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.98x. In this database it currently ranks #8,987 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #101 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,860,601
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$139,399
ROI
0.98x
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

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 8, 1986
Production
Marvel Productions, Sunbow Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMarvel Productions Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, The Transformers: The Movie is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Science Fiction, Action title from Marvel Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.9M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$139,399, ROI is 0.98x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,987 all-time in the current chart set and #101 among 1986 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.