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#4,893 All-time worldwide
#129 2004 releases

Movie profile

Garden State

2004 · 102 min · Camelot Pictures

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $26.8M
Budget $2.5M
Gross minus budget $24.3M
ROI 10.71x

Domestic gross

$13.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Garden State 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 #4,893 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #129 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Primary genre #1,892 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 Garden State (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Garden State (2004) earned a reported $26.8M worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $24.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.71x. In this database it currently ranks #4,893 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #129 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$26,781,723
Budget
$2,500,000
Gross minus budget
$24,281,723
ROI
10.71x
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

Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a girl also struggling with various maladies—opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional connections, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 28, 2004
Production
Camelot Pictures, Jersey Films, Double Feature Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCamelot Pictures Release year chart2004 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Garden State is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Camelot Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $26.8M, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is $24.3M, ROI is 10.71x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,893 all-time in the current chart set and #129 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.