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#3,436 All-time worldwide
#126 2016 releases

Movie profile

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016 · 112 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy Drama War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $48.0M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget $13.0M
ROI 1.37x

Domestic gross

$24.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$24.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 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 #3,436 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #126 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #172 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,299 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 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) earned a reported $48.0M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $13.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.37x. In this database it currently ranks #3,436 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #126 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$48,000,000
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
$13,000,000
ROI
1.37x
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

Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by leaving her desk job in New York and taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, a culture-shocked Kim befriends an adventurous reporter Tanya Vanderpoel, a stern Colonel, and a charming photojournalist to help her navigate this crazy new world.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 4, 2016
Production
Paramount Pictures, Broadway Video, Little Stranger
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, War title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $48.0M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $13.0M, ROI is 1.37x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,436 all-time in the current chart set and #126 among 2016 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.