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#7,063 All-time worldwide
#173 2004 releases

Movie profile

Breakin' All the Rules

2004 · 85 min · Lisa Tornell Productions

Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.5M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $2.5M
ROI 1.25x

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Breakin' All the Rules 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 #7,063 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #173 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Primary genre #2,742 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 Breakin' All the Rules (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Breakin' All the Rules (2004) earned a reported $12.5M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.25x. In this database it currently ranks #7,063 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #173 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,500,000
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,500,000
ROI
1.25x
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 being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 14, 2004
Production
Lisa Tornell Productions, Screen Gems
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyLisa Tornell Productions Release year chart2004 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Breakin' All the Rules is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from Lisa Tornell Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.5M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.5M, ROI is 1.25x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,063 all-time in the current chart set and #173 among 2004 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.