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#5,419 All-time worldwide
#164 2018 releases

Movie profile

Free Solo

2018 · 100 min · National Geographic Documentary Films

Documentary Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $21.8M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Free Solo 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 #5,419 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2018 releases #164 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2018. Primary genre #49 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.

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Quick answer

How did Free Solo (2018) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Free Solo (2018) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $21.8M. In this database it currently ranks #5,419 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #164 among 2018 releases.

Worldwide gross
$21,790,193
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

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 28, 2018
Production
National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2018, Free Solo is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, Adventure title from National Geographic Documentary Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $21.8M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,419 all-time in the current chart set and #164 among 2018 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.