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#3,667 All-time worldwide
#109 2007 releases

Movie profile

Freedom Writers

2007 · 123 min · Double Feature Films

Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $43.1M
Budget $21.0M
Gross minus budget $22.1M
ROI 2.05x

Domestic gross

$21.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$21.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Freedom Writers 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 #3,667 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2007 releases #109 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2007. Studio / company #1 Double Feature Films of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Double Feature Films movie set. Primary genre #564 Crime of 1,921 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.

#3,664 Call Me by Your Name 2017 · $43.1M #3,665 A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon 2019 · $43.1M #3,666 Boogie Nights 1997 · $43.1M #3,668 Annihilation 2018 · $43.1M #3,669 The Man from Nowhere 2010 · $43.1M #3,670 Notorious 2009 · $43.1M

Quick answer

How did Freedom Writers (2007) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Freedom Writers (2007) earned a reported $43.1M worldwide against a reported $21.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $22.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.05x. In this database it currently ranks #3,667 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #109 among 2007 releases.

Worldwide gross
$43,095,175
Budget
$21,000,000
Gross minus budget
$22,095,175
ROI
2.05x
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

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 5, 2007
Production
Double Feature Films, Jersey Films, Kernos
Countries
DE, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDouble Feature Films Release year chart2007 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2007, Freedom Writers is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama title from Double Feature Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43.1M, reported production budget is $21.0M, gross-minus-budget is $22.1M, ROI is 2.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,667 all-time in the current chart set and #109 among 2007 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.