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#3,205 All-time worldwide
#82 2002 releases

Movie profile

Big Fat Liar

2002 · 88 min · Tollin/Robbins Productions

Family Comedy Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $53.0M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $38.0M
ROI 3.53x

Domestic gross

$22.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$30.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Big Fat Liar 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 #3,205 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #82 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #3 Tollin/Robbins Productions of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Tollin/Robbins Productions movie set. Primary genre #527 Family of 1,380 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.

#3,202 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor 2013 · $53.1M #3,203 One Piece Film: Strong World 2009 · $53.0M #3,203 Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 2000 · $53.0M #3,206 The Outlaws 2017 · $52.9M #3,207 Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno 2015 · $52.9M #3,208 Pooh's Heffalump Movie 2005 · $52.9M

Quick answer

How did Big Fat Liar (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Big Fat Liar (2002) earned a reported $53.0M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $38.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.53x. In this database it currently ranks #3,205 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #82 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$52,970,014
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$37,970,014
ROI
3.53x
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

After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Hollywood hot shot who has taken credit!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 8, 2002
Production
Tollin/Robbins Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Big Fat Liar is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Comedy, Adventure title from Tollin/Robbins Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $53.0M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $38.0M, ROI is 3.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,205 all-time in the current chart set and #82 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.