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#9,592 All-time worldwide
#221 2003 releases

Movie profile

Better Luck Tomorrow

2003 · 101 min · Cherry Sky Films

Crime Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.8M
Budget $250,000
Gross minus budget $3.6M
ROI 15.20x

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$342,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Better Luck Tomorrow 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 #9,592 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #221 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #1,474 Crime of 1,921 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 Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) earned a reported $3.8M worldwide against a reported $250.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 15.20x. In this database it currently ranks #9,592 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #221 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,800,000
Budget
$250,000
Gross minus budget
$3,550,000
ROI
15.20x
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 group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extra-curricular criminal activities.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 11, 2003
Production
Cherry Sky Films, Day O Productions, Hudson River Entertainment
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyCherry Sky Films Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Better Luck Tomorrow is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Romance title from Cherry Sky Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.8M, reported production budget is $250,000, gross-minus-budget is $3.6M, ROI is 15.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,592 all-time in the current chart set and #221 among 2003 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.