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#5,241 All-time worldwide
#127 2002 releases

Movie profile

Ali G Indahouse

2002 · 85 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.3M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $16.3M
ROI 3.33x

Domestic gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ali G Indahouse 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 #5,241 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #227 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,052 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 Ali G Indahouse (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ali G Indahouse (2002) earned a reported $23.3M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $16.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.33x. In this database it currently ranks #5,241 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,280,529
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$16,280,529
ROI
3.33x
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

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 21, 2002
Production
Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films
Countries
FR, DE, GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Ali G Indahouse is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.3M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $16.3M, ROI is 3.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,241 all-time in the current chart set and #127 among 2002 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.