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#8,186 All-time worldwide
#175 2001 releases

Movie profile

Ghost World

2001 · 111 min · Mr. Mudd

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.8M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $1.8M
ROI 1.26x

Domestic gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$792,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ghost World 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 #8,186 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #175 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #3 Mr. Mudd of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Mr. Mudd movie set. Primary genre #3,187 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 Ghost World (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ghost World (2001) earned a reported $8.8M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.26x. In this database it currently ranks #8,186 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #175 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,800,000
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$1,800,000
ROI
1.26x
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

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 20, 2001
Production
Mr. Mudd, Granada Productions, Capitol Films
Countries
GB, US, DE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMr. Mudd Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Ghost World is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Mr. Mudd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.8M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.8M, ROI is 1.26x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,186 all-time in the current chart set and #175 among 2001 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.