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#4,544 All-time worldwide
#82 1999 releases

Movie profile

Virus

1999 · 100 min · Universal Pictures

Horror Action Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $30.7M
Budget $75.0M
Gross minus budget -$44.3M
ROI 0.41x

Domestic gross

$14.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Virus 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 #4,544 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #82 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #210 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #451 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.

#4,541 Carnage 2011 · $30.7M #4,542 Kidnap 2017 · $30.7M #4,543 Nancy Drew 2007 · $30.7M #4,548 A Man Called Ove 2015 · $30.7M #4,549 Young Doctors in Love 1982 · $30.7M #4,550 When the Bough Breaks 2016 · $30.7M

Quick answer

How did Virus (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Virus (1999) earned a reported $30.7M worldwide against a reported $75.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$44.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.41x. In this database it currently ranks #4,544 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #82 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$30,700,000
Budget
$75,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$44,300,000
ROI
0.41x
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

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 14, 1999
Production
Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Dark Horse Entertainment
Countries
US, GB, DE, JP, FR

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Virus is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Action, Science Fiction title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $30.7M, reported production budget is $75.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$44.3M, ROI is 0.41x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,544 all-time in the current chart set and #82 among 1999 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.