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#3,948 All-time worldwide
#126 2006 releases

Movie profile

Employee of the Month

2006 · 103 min · Lionsgate

Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $38.5M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $26.5M
ROI 3.21x

Domestic gross

$15.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Employee of the Month 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 #3,948 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #126 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #35 Lionsgate of 62 titles Position inside the mapped Lionsgate movie set. Primary genre #1,493 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 Employee of the Month (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Employee of the Month (2006) earned a reported $38.5M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $26.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.21x. In this database it currently ranks #3,948 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #126 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$38,528,984
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$26,528,984
ROI
3.21x
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

When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 6, 2006
Production
Lionsgate, Tapestry Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyLionsgate Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Employee of the Month is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from Lionsgate. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $38.5M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $26.5M, ROI is 3.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,948 all-time in the current chart set and #126 among 2006 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.