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#4,314 All-time worldwide
#150 2014 releases

Movie profile

Get On Up

2014 · 139 min · Jagged Films

Drama Music History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $33.4M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget $3.4M
ROI 1.12x

Domestic gross

$16.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Get On Up 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 #4,314 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2014 releases #150 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2014. Studio / company #2 Jagged Films of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Jagged Films movie set. Primary genre #1,628 Drama of 5,859 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 Get On Up (2014) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Get On Up (2014) earned a reported $33.4M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.12x. In this database it currently ranks #4,314 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #150 among 2014 releases.

Worldwide gross
$33,448,971
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
$3,448,971
ROI
1.12x
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 chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 1, 2014
Production
Jagged Films, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2014, Get On Up is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music, History title from Jagged Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $33.4M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.4M, ROI is 1.12x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,314 all-time in the current chart set and #150 among 2014 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.