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#3,405 All-time worldwide
#96 2004 releases

Movie profile

Fat Albert

2004 · 93 min · Culver Studios

Comedy Family Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $48.6M
Budget $45.0M
Gross minus budget $3.6M
ROI 1.08x

Domestic gross

$20.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$27.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fat Albert 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 #3,405 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #96 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Primary genre #1,287 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 Fat Albert (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fat Albert (2004) earned a reported $48.6M worldwide against a reported $45.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.08x. In this database it currently ranks #3,405 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #96 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$48,600,000
Budget
$45,000,000
Gross minus budget
$3,600,000
ROI
1.08x
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

Animated character Fat Albert emerges from his TV universe into the real world, accompanied by his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Old Weird Harold and Dumb Donald. Though the gang is flabbergasted by the modern world, they make new friends, and Albert attempts to help young Doris become popular. But things get complicated when Albert falls for her older sister, Lauri, and must turn to creator Bill Cosby for advice.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 25, 2004
Production
Culver Studios, Davis Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCulver Studios Release year chart2004 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Fat Albert is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Family, Fantasy title from Culver Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $48.6M, reported production budget is $45.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.6M, ROI is 1.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,405 all-time in the current chart set and #96 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.