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#11,446 All-time worldwide
#200 1996 releases

Movie profile

The Van

1996 · 100 min · Fox Searchlight Pictures

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $712,095
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$356,048

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$356,047

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$64,089

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Van 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 #11,446 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #200 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #45 Fox Searchlight Pictures of 45 titles Position inside the mapped Fox Searchlight Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 The Barrytown Trilogy of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #4,363 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.

#11,443 Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido 1953 · $716,755 #11,444 One from the Heart 1982 · $716,612 #11,445 Fatal Love 1988 · $716,200 #11,447 Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story 1996 · $711,872 #11,448 Hunting Matthew Nichols 2026 · $710,532 #11,449 Bread and Roses 2000 · $706,876

Quick answer

How did The Van (1996) perform at the box office?

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The Van (1996) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $712.1K. In this database it currently ranks #11,446 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #200 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$712,095
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 29, 1996
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures, BBC Film, Deadly Films
Countries
IE, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyFox Searchlight Pictures FranchiseThe Barrytown Trilogy Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, The Van is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Fox Searchlight Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $712,095. For comparison, it currently sits #11,446 all-time in the current chart set and #200 among 1996 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.