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#3,644 All-time worldwide
#72 1998 releases

Movie profile

Waking Ned

1998 · 91 min · Tomboy Films

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $43.5M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $40.5M
ROI 14.51x

Domestic gross

$17.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$26.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Waking Ned 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 #3,644 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #72 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Primary genre #1,370 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.

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Quick answer

How did Waking Ned (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Waking Ned (1998) earned a reported $43.5M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $40.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 14.51x. In this database it currently ranks #3,644 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #72 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$43,515,982
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$40,515,982
ROI
14.51x
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 a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 20, 1998
Production
Tomboy Films, Canal+
Countries
FR, GB

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Studio / production companyTomboy Films Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Waking Ned is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Tomboy Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43.5M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $40.5M, ROI is 14.51x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,644 all-time in the current chart set and #72 among 1998 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.