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#9,790 All-time worldwide
#179 2000 releases

Movie profile

Al Bab Ya Shabab

2000 · 210 min · Box Office Data

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.3M
Budget $1.0M
Gross minus budget $2.3M
ROI 3.30x

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$369,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Al Bab Ya Shabab ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,790 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2000 releases #179 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2000. Primary genre #3,799 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.

#9,787 Coney Island 1943 · $3.3M #9,787 Valley of the Kings 1954 · $3.3M #9,789 Cheyenne 1947 · $3.3M #9,797 Happily Ever After 1989 · $3.3M #9,798 The Glass Shield 1994 · $3.3M #9,799 Only the Strong 1993 · $3.3M

Quick answer

How did Al Bab Ya Shabab (2000) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Al Bab Ya Shabab (2000) earned a reported $3.3M worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.30x. In this database it currently ranks #9,790 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #179 among 2000 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,300,000
Budget
$1,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,300,000
ROI
3.30x
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

A satirical Kuwaiti comedy play, focusing on young people, their needs and the problems they are going through in their daily lives, and sometimes their rebellion against society to pay attention to their problems and seek a solution to them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 27, 2000
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
KW

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2000, Al Bab Ya Shabab is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.3M, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.3M, ROI is 3.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,790 all-time in the current chart set and #179 among 2000 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.