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#6,445 All-time worldwide
#119 2021 releases

Movie profile

Drive My Car

2021 · 179 min · Bitters End

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.4M
Budget $1.3M
Gross minus budget $14.1M
ROI 11.81x

Domestic gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Drive My Car 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 #6,445 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2021 releases #119 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2021. Primary genre #2,643 Drama of 5,859 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 Drive My Car (2021) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Drive My Car (2021) earned a reported $15.4M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 11.81x. In this database it currently ranks #6,445 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #119 among 2021 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,356,046
Budget
$1,300,000
Gross minus budget
$14,056,046
ROI
11.81x
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

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 18, 2021
Production
Bitters End, C&I entertainment, Culture Entertainment
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyBitters End Release year chart2021 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2021, Drive My Car is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Bitters End. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.4M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $14.1M, ROI is 11.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,445 all-time in the current chart set and #119 among 2021 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.