Capturing the Friedmans backdrop
Capturing the Friedmans poster
#9,496 All-time worldwide
#217 2003 releases

Movie profile

Capturing the Friedmans

2003 · 107 min · HBO Documentary Films

Documentary Crime
IMDb FilmDB Where to watch

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$456,623

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Capturing the Friedmans ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,496 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #217 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #110 Documentary of 204 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.

#9,493 An Egg Rescue 2021 · $4.1M #9,494 Fight Back to School 2 1992 · $4.1M #9,495 VeggieTales: Josh and the Big Wall 1997 · $4.1M #9,497 Tank Girl 1995 · $4.1M #9,498 Three Robbers and a Lion 2022 · $4.1M #9,499 Gloria 1980 · $4.1M

Quick answer

How did Capturing the Friedmans (2003) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Capturing the Friedmans (2003) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $4.1M. In this database it currently ranks #9,496 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #217 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,076,990
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Jarecki interviews people from different sides of this tragic story and raises the question of whether they were rightfully tried when they claim they were innocent and there was never any evidence against them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 30, 2003
Production
HBO Documentary Films, Notorious Pictures, Magnolia Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyHBO Documentary Films Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartDocumentary Genre chartCrime

JustWatch

Where to watch

Streaming availability loaded for the selected region.
View all options
Showing United States availability.

Stream

HBO Max Amazon Channel HBO Max YouTube TV

Availability and provider links are powered by JustWatch where available. Provider availability can change by region and date.

AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Capturing the Friedmans is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, Crime title from HBO Documentary Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,496 all-time in the current chart set and #217 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.