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#9,162 All-time worldwide
#147 1996 releases

Movie profile

Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996 · 88 min · Suburban Pictures

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.0M
Budget $800,000
Gross minus budget $4.2M
ROI 6.29x

Domestic gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$453,131

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Welcome to the Dollhouse 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 #9,162 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #147 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Primary genre #3,562 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 Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) earned a reported $5.0M worldwide against a reported $800.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.29x. In this database it currently ranks #9,162 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #147 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,034,794
Budget
$800,000
Gross minus budget
$4,234,794
ROI
6.29x
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

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 22, 1996
Production
Suburban Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySuburban Pictures Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Welcome to the Dollhouse is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Suburban Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.0M, reported production budget is $800,000, gross-minus-budget is $4.2M, ROI is 6.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,162 all-time in the current chart set and #147 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.