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#2,255 All-time worldwide
#48 2001 releases

Movie profile

Ali

2001 · 157 min · Columbia Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $87.8M
Budget $107.0M
Gross minus budget -$19.2M
ROI 0.82x

Domestic gross

$43.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$43.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ali 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 #2,255 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #48 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #106 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #720 Drama of 5,859 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 Ali (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ali (2001) earned a reported $87.8M worldwide against a reported $107.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$19.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.82x. In this database it currently ranks #2,255 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #48 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$87,812,729
Budget
$107,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$19,187,271
ROI
0.82x
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

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 10, 2001
Production
Columbia Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Forward Pass
Countries
US, GH, MZ, ZA

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Ali is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $87.8M, reported production budget is $107.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$19.2M, ROI is 0.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,255 all-time in the current chart set and #48 among 2001 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.