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#2,151 All-time worldwide
#45 1999 releases

Movie profile

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

1999 · 88 min · Quinta Communications

Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $92.9M
Budget $17.0M
Gross minus budget $75.9M
ROI 5.47x

Domestic gross

$37.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$55.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$10.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 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 #2,151 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #45 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #1 Quinta Communications of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Quinta Communications movie set. Franchise #1 Deuce Bigalow of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #790 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 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) earned a reported $92.9M worldwide against a reported $17.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $75.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.47x. In this database it currently ranks #2,151 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #45 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$92,938,755
Budget
$17,000,000
Gross minus budget
$75,938,755
ROI
5.47x
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

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 10, 1999
Production
Quinta Communications, Touchstone Pictures, Happy Madison Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyQuinta Communications FranchiseDeuce Bigalow Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from Quinta Communications. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $92.9M, reported production budget is $17.0M, gross-minus-budget is $75.9M, ROI is 5.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,151 all-time in the current chart set and #45 among 1999 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.